Magic Wands, Batons and DNA Splicers

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Combining two of her recent projects North Pole Futures and Magic Wands, Batons and DNA Splicers, Wong Kit Yi-Ali Wong’s captivating lecture performance switched between a PowerPoint style presentation and a Karaoke music video. North Pole Futures, originally conceived in 2015, allowed patrons to commission a customized artwork to be made by the artist in the Arctic, while the latter project asked what if, instead of owning an artwork, a patron could rent it on a 99-year lease preserved in a paper contract and on strings of DNA. Each project plays with the relationships between artists, patrons, and collectors questioning what each would be like in the opposing role, as well as how altruistic the process of collecting art is.