James Beckett

About this book

"Transcriptions 1-6 is a commissioned work for The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AVL). An installation for the staircase of the new research laboratories, the work spans six floors in total. The transcriptions themselves consist of the writing of fish genetic information (available from online databases) into various historical languages; past and sometimes obsolete systems of information-storage and communication. The whole project is an homage to the people working in and around the research institute."--Cover.