Anyone familiar with Strebe’s work and her interest in both science and philosophy will not be entirely surprised at this innovative new presentation. Her previous work, called Sugababe, was also a multi-year undertaking. It involved creating a living replica of the ear of Vincent van Gogh, grown from tissue-engineered cartilage, using cells from a male descendant that she says contained natural genetic information about the artist, and mitochondria from a female descendant of the artist’s mother.
