How a Lab-Grown Brain Is Making Music in Australia
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A small lab-grown brain is now making music inside a museum in Australia. It was created using the blood of Alvin Lucier, an experimental composer.
Before he died in 2021, Lucier donated his blood. Scientists at Harvard converted the blood into stem cells. These were later used to grow tiny structures that are similar to a developing brain.
One of these tiny brain-like structures is inside a machine in the Art Gallery of Western Australia. It sends electrical signals to large brass plates in the room. These signals make the plates vibrate and produce sound. Visitors to the museum can listen to this strange and new kind of music.
This unusual project blurs the line between art and science, and even between life and death. Artist, Guy Ben-Ary explains that the project is not trying to copy Lucier’s old music. Instead, it lets his cells keep creating something new.
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