‘Intron’ Figures
The Intron Figures, of Beeswax and Hemp figures suspended by silk sleeved over long titanium poles, allude to a conception of the proto-self unscathed by the pressures of time and permanence. Intron refers to DNA sections that do not encode during replication of the protein the gene produces. They have no known function, yet allow alternative splicing of a gene from "old code" discarded genetic material. Introns exhibit a genetic past that no longer finds form, mirrored by the wax form in lost-wax casting.
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