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Genesis
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Genesis is a transgenic artwork that explores the intricate relationship between biology, belief systems, information technology, dialogical interaction, ethics, and the Internet. The key element of the work is an "artist's gene", a synthetic gene that was created by Kac by translating a sentence from the biblical book of Genesis into Morse Code, and converting the Morse Code into DNA base pairs according to a conversion principle specially developed by the artist for this work. The sentence reads: "Let man have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." It was chosen for what it implies about the dubious notion--divinely sanctioned--of humanity's supremacy over nature. Morse code was chosen because, as the first example of the use of radiotelegraphy, it represents the dawn of the information age--the genesis of global communication. The Genesis gene was incorporated into bacteria, which were shown in the gallery.
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Genesis (Greek: ΓÎνεσις, meaning "birth", "creation", "cause", "beginning", "source" or "origin") is the first book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament of the Bible. In Hebrew it is called בְּרֵ×שִ×ית, B'reshit or BÉ™rêšîth,[1] meaning "in the beginning", after the first word of the text in Hebrew, and in line with the other four books of the Pentateuch. As Jewish tradition considers it to have been written by Moses, it is sometimes ... called The First Book of Moses.
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Genesis has taken influence from a wide range of music, ranging from classical music to mainstream rock and jazz. Banks drew influence from Alan Price of The Animals, whom he regarded as "[t]he first person who made me aware of the organ in a rock context".[43] Other organists cited included Procol Harum's Matthew Fisher, and Keith Emerson of The Nice and later Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Classical influences include Rachmaninov, Ravel, Mahler, and Shostakovich. Many of their contemporaries and immediate predecessors, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, have affected the band's music. He was ... influenced by the Beach Boys, particularly their Pet Sounds album. Collins has cited Buddy Rich and the jazz outfits The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report, while Gabriel's early career with Genesis took influence from Nina Simone and King Crimson.[44] Musical arrangements on the band's first album From Genesis to Revelation drew on the works of The Moody Blues, Family, and the Bee Gees—Jonathan King was a self-professed admirer of their music.
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"Genesis" has original DNA-synthesized music by composer Peter Gena. The music is generated live in the gallery and streamed on the Web. The parameters of this multi-channel composition are derived from bacterial multiplication and mutation algorithms.
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Genesis' album covers incorporate complex and intricate art intended to reflect the themes explored in the song lyrics. Their first album, From Genesis to Revelation, used a plain black sleeve with Genesis written in a green gothic typeface on the top left. The cover of this album has changed with its numerous re-releases. Genesis' three subsequent album covers were developed by the popular Charisma Records graphic artist Paul Whitehead, who had developed the Charisma "Mad Hatter" logo. The Foxtrot sleeve is popular among Genesis fans; the front image depicts a feminine figure in a red dress with the head of a fox. Whitehead has said in an interview that Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" was an inspiration for the character.[50] After Whitehead moved to Los Angeles, Genesis signed with the reputed Hipgnosis, whose artists had created high profile album covers for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy.
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Genesis Networks provides full-time local, domestic and international video transmission services over fiber and satellites as well as occasional transmission services for news, sports and special events. Launched in 2002, Genesis serves Tier 1 broadcasters and ... provides distribution services to North American cable systems for Latin American and Asian ethnic broadcasters.
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