Helen Pynor
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- It offers so many more possibilities than traditional contemporary art. And it also combines my background in biology. I originally trained as a scientist in cell and molecular biology. And so I was able to make this beautiful fusion between contemporary art and science. That is very satisfying.
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My name is Helen Pynor. I am a media artist but I work quite specifically with biological systems – often living cells, living tissues, living organs and in some cases my own body material. For example, I’ve worked with my own bone material and I worked with my own exhaled breath material. For me, working with media art is an extension of working in contemporary art.