BLUD 2000 by David Sansone
		HERMOCHROMATOSIS by Jayne Pagnucco This child’s family has a history of "hemochromatosis, " an inherited blood disorder adversely affecting the blood’s ability to process iron. His DNA profile might be circulating using a public database. Could he some day suffer "genetic discrimination " by those who employ or insure him? Could medical or industry scientists go to excessive lengths to obtain a sample of his blood? Could they "patent " the genes they identify there as the root of the disease, and thus secure exclusive rights to develop new treatment? Could they thus prevent more cooperative research or slow its development? Could this child be unable to afford the very treatment his blood has made possible? step2
		INDENTIFICATION CARD by Tom Klem Richard Walter Darre was a Nazi ideologist and a member of the SS in the 1930's. Both he and Himmler were farmers and believed in a mythical connection between the blood of the German race and the soil. To keep their Aryan blood pure a series of pseudo-scientific tests were designed to prove the inferiority of Jews, Gypsies and Slavs. Facial measurements, hair color matches and photographs of those of "doubtful origins" were taken and catalogued on Identification cards. Most of those identified were to later die in concentration camps. Here I have identified these artists and family members only by their blood. Seventy years later seen as a valuable gift of life can be given freely. Give blood. Save lives. step2
		MIXED-BLOOD by Carola Burroughs Biracial black and white children are sometimes, whimsically or maliciously,called "zebras." This piece lists the different terms for "miscegenated" people of different cultures, from the various and intricate gradations of degrees of "black blood" —elaborated by the 1/32 Louisiana Blood Law which originated in slavery—to the relatively simple terms "half-breed" and "metis" designating Native American mixes.
		FAMILY/BROTHER/SISTER TRIBE/CLAN/NATION HUMANby Jim Costanzo These words are repeated in 9 different languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Hindu (India), Lingala (Zaire), Russian, Sango (Central African Republic) and Spanish. This art work is a celebration of New York City's diversity and our shared humanity. Though these languages can be understood by the majority of people from around the world, they are but a small fraction of the languages spoken in this city. The universal nature of our humanity is also acknowledged by the global dimension that the web site provides this public art project. step2
		DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DNA IS? by Greg Sholette On December 31, 1998, NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir announced plans to collect DNA samples from the blood or saliva of any suspects. Safir assured New Yorkers, "The innocents have nothing to fear. " Two months later an innocent Amadou Diallo was shot nineteen times by NY police. Health insurance companies can potentially use DNA sampling to deny coverage to individuals because of previously hidden genetic defects. Pharmaceutical companies are already profiting from patents filed on blood products and genes taken from individuals who receive no compensation. During the next decade your blood and DNA will become a legal and ethical battleground. step2
		CIRCULATION IN ST. CLOUD A DIALOGICAL INQUIRY INTO RACE RELATIONS by Ioannis Niklas and Open Design Studio. Students posed a question to the St. Cloud State University campus audience, "What’s race got to do with circulation? " The responses were developed into sign imagery and installed on campus. A website documents the responses and the images derived from the experience. Project co-directors: Keith Christensen and Anna Wagner-Ott Art Department, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud. step2
		CIRCULATION AND BLOOD SCREENS by Lisa Hecht The installation Blood Screens draws parallels between decorative patterns and bodily structures while altering the viewer's perception of the immediate environment. step2
		"HELP LOCK" by Kevin Pyle
		BL00D IN NEW YORK by Brian Hand A web page project for Circulation created from an adapted short story by Ian Flemming. BL007D in New York is an allegorical rewriting of this James Bond tale which dramatises the risk to the safety of blood products and public health posed by new variant CJD or Mad Cow Disease. step2
		IDENTIFICATION BY STATE by Leela Ramotar & Miguelangel Ruiz Co-framer of the Constitution, slave owner, former President, Thomas Jefferson asserts, "one -fourth of Negro blood, mixed with any portion of white, constitutes the mulatto, " and elaborates at length, "... Let b and e cohabit, their issue will be b/2 + e/2 + a/4 + A4 a16 + A/16 + B/8 + c4 = 5a/16 + 5A/16 + B/8 + c/4, wherein 5/16 of a makes still a mulatto.... " 1982: A 48 year-old Louisiana women went to court to declare herself "white." 1983: The Louisiana 1/32 Blood Law (the dividing line between black and white) was repealed. Modern genetic studies reveal that black and white Americans have more genes in common than they do with either Europeans or Africans. step2

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