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Papers/Texts
- cellF: The world’s first neuron-driven synthesizer, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 12(1):31-43 · January 2016 DOI: 10.1080/14794713.2016.1161954
- NERVOPLASTICA |Guy Ben-Ary, Bio-Robotic Art and Its Cultural Contexts, Edited by Ryszard W. Kluszczyński, – a book about my 15 years of practice (250 page, colour), 2016
- “Matters of Liveliness and Other Absurd Scenarios”, Ben-Ary, Hudson, Ben-Ary, Rossa, Vososevic and Thompson, NERVOPLASTICA |Guy Ben-Ary, Bio-Robotic Art and Its Cultural Contexts, Edited by Ryszard W. Kluszczyński,
- Bio-Engineered Brains and Robotic Bodies: From Embodiment to Self-Portraiture, Ben-Ary & Ben-Ary, Chapter in ‘Robots and Art – Exploring an Unlikely Symbiosis‘, edited by Herath, Damith, Kroos, Christian, Stelarc, published by Springer Newspaper/Magazine Articles
- Nature Medicine 16,945 (2010) doi:10.1038/nm0910-945, Silence is golden: Phil Gamblen and Guy Ben-Ary
- Contemplating “Meart – The Semi Living Artist” by Paul Venouse, 2006
- Nature News – Published online 15 July 2003, doi:10.1038/news030714-2 – Artbots show talent – an article about Ben-Ary’s work
- Leonardo Reviews, 2009 (On-line version) – Corpus Extremus (Life+) – an article about Ben-Ary’s work and the show he participated in
- Bakkum, D. J., Gamblen, P. M., Ben-Ary, G., Chao, Z. C., & Potter, S. M. (2007). MEART: The Semi-living Artist. Frontiers in NeuroRobotics, vol. 1, article 5, 1-10.
- Bakkum, D. J., Shkolnik, A. C., Ben-Ary, G., Gamblen, P., DeMarse T. D., and Potter, S. M. (2004) “Removing the ‘A’ from AI: Embodied Cultured Networks” in Proceedings of the Dagstuhl Conference on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, Luc Steels and Rolf Pfeiffer, editors, Springer.
- Guy Ben-Ary, Phil Gamblen, Borayana Rossa, Iain Sweetman, Oron Catts, Dr. Stuart Bunt, Meart – the semi living artist & The black square, Catalogue text, Art Digital 2004.
- Guy Ben-Ary, Phil Gamblen, Iain Sweetman, Oron Catts, Dr. Stuart Bunt, Meart – the semi living artist, Catalogue text, Ciber@RT Bilbao.
- The Aesthetics of Care?”, texts by Guy Ben-Ary, SymbioticA Press 2002.
- Meart – The semi living Artist, BioFeel, BEAP 02 a publication of the Biennale for electronics arts Perth.
- Ben-Ary, G, Zurr, I, Richards, M, Gamblen, P, Catts, O and Bunt, S (2001) “Fish and Chips, The current Status of the Research by the SymbioticA research group” in Takeover, wer macht die Kunst von morgen (who’s doing the art of tomorrow) pp. 141-147 Springer Vien.
- Fish & chips, by SymbioticA Research Group, Take Over Ars Electronica 2001 Publication.
Articles in Newsapaper/Magazines
- ‘A musical brain of your own’, Gail Priest: interview with bioartist Guy BenAry for RealTime Arts, July 2016 (PDF)
- Guy Ben-Ary: Brain-body compatability for the 21st century, Kirsten Hudson interviews Guy Ben-Ary, Artlink (PDF)
- Art and science collaborations bring a human perspective, The Weekend Australian, August 8, 2016 (PDF)
- Guy Ben-Ary’s CellF: playing with neurons, The Australian, August 4, 2016 (PDF)
- ‘Rock star in a petri dish’: Guy Ben-Ary harvests cells to create an external brain to play music, Sydney Morning Herald, June 9, 2016 (PDF)
- ‘Rock star in a petri dish’: Guy Ben-Ary harvests cells to create an external brain to play music, The Age, June 9, 2016 (PDF)
- Guy Ben-Ary unveils cellF music machine in Sydney, The Weekend Australian, June 4, 2016 (PDF)
- The ‘Patient’ exhibition brings art and illness together to discuss difficult subjects, ABC News, June 2, 2016 (PDF)
- cellF, the world’s first neural synthesiser, We-Make-Money-Not-Art, May 2, 2016 (PDF)
- Artist favorites by Lu Yang, Spike Magazine, may 2016
- Innovator Guy Ben-Ary Developed An Interactive Synthesizer From His Own Stem Cells, Beautiful/Decay, December 2015 (PDF)
- cellF, External Brain Improvisation, Neural.it, June 2016 (PDF)
- Playing in the art-science petri dish, ArtsHub, 24 May, 2016 (PDF)
- Bionicsynth controlled by human brain cells invented, Limelight Magazine, March 2, 2016 (PDF)
- cellF @ the masonic Hall, Electronic sound, July 2016 (PDF)
- Artist Makes Synthesizer from His Own Stem Cells, The Creators Project, November 2015
- Guy Ben-Ary has built the “world’s first neural synthesizer”, FACT Magazine, November 2015
- This Aussie Artist Has Made A Synth From His Stem Cells – Listen To It In Action, NME, November 2015 (PDF)
- Mindful Music, Metamorphosis | Art as Research. Research as Art, December 2015 (PDF)
- True DIY: artist creates synth from his own stem cells, Electronic Beats, November 2016
- Artist Makes Music From His Own Stem Cells, IFL science, December 2015 (6.4K shares)
- Right Turn: Rock star in a Petri dish, Stem Cell Ethics Education, April 2016
- cellF – the world’s first neural synthesizer, IDM MAG, December 2015
- My stemical romance – artist plays music made from Stem cells, Gigwise, December 2015
- The groundbreaking artist who has turned his own stem cells into a living analogue synth…, We Heart, December 2015 (PDF)
- Music from two brains, Newcastle Herald, November 2015
- An Australian artist has created a stem cell-based synthesiser, The 405, November 2015
- This is what happens when you take “analog music” too far, Hypertak, November 2016
- Fits and Starts – Australian artists win international award, By Amanda Alderson. June 2009
- Cybernetic artist gives culture new meaning, By Hernando Jimenez, Technique Magazine, 2006
- Cutting out the middleman, Dr Frankenbott? Kate Vickers on the ethics & future of bio-robotic art, REALTIME Art magazine, 2006
- Popular Science, October 2003, page 36 “But is it Art?”
- Intelligent Systems, September/October 2003, page 7-9 “Rat Neurons, Robotic Arms, and Art”
- “Art that’s always at you” page 25 Australian Innovation Supplement, The Australian. Tuesday April 29 2003 . Page 25.
- It didn’t take a lot of grey matter, but it is art. Deborah Smith Sydney Morning Herald 6 Aug 2003
- The brains are alive, but is it still life? Sydney Morning Herald July 22 2003
- Artbots show talent. Nature Science Update 15 July 2003 .
- The Robot Won’t Bite You Dear. Wired News 15 July 2003 .
- “Rat brain cells fuel robot’s art” Bob Keefe, Toronto Star , Canada . 14 July 2003 .
- CNN features MEART and Guy Ben-Ary on morning television, July 2003.
- Organic robot creates art in Australia J.Pearce ZDNet Australia 10 July 2003 (343k Audience).
- Researchers use lab cultures to create robotic ‘Semi-Living Artist’. Science Daily 9 July 2003
- Researchers use lab cultures to create robotic ‘Semi-Living Artist’. Georgia Institute of technology news release 8 July 2003
- Mind over Metal by Anil Ananthaswamy; NewScientist; February 23, 2002 (About Steve Potter’s research)
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