Team-taught by CC professors Sara Hanson (Molecular Biology), Ryan Platt (Theatre/Dance), and artist Kathryn Hamilton, the course takes students on a journey to explore the creative possibilities that emerge by swapping, mixing, or just ignoring disciplinary practices. What if we reframed a science experiment as an art studio problem, or thought about what happens in a lab as if it were performance? Following the model set by community biolabs like Genspace, students will learn the fundamentals of molecular biology to genetically modify bacterial cultures. The cultures will become elements in art and performance works that tell stories about scientific/artistic myths, including the persistence of genetic determinism in the popular and scientific imagination, as well as political controversies stemming from the invention and marketing of new biotechnologies. Throughout the course, students will read and discuss how social, political, and economic factors influence scientific research, as well as how the languages of science shape social norms and expectations. No previous experience in an arts or science discipline is required to take this course.