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Mitos

Mitos artwork 1

About the Work

At the core of the project is the significance of the mitochondrial DNA. The mitochondria, unlike other cellular organelles, have their own DNA and are inherited exclusively from the egg cell. I was fascinated by the knowledge that all of our mitochondria hence comes from our mothers, and how this makes the mtDNA a vital tool in studying matrilineal ancestry and the history of human migration. I wanted to use a technique that's almost as old as my haplogroup M8's mutation and after learning that the root word of mitochondria is "Mitos" which means "thread" in Greek, weaving felt like a natural medium to manifest my personal ancestral data.

Price: On request

About the Artist: Sally Kong

Sally Kong headshot 1

Sally Kong (she/her) is a software engineer, artist, and hobby biologist based in Brooklyn, NY. She has built artist tools and 3D production pipelines for feature animation and games at Blue Sky Studios, Netflix, and Rockstar Games. Her creative practice revolves around fusing technology with traditional crafts to translate the poetry in living systems into familiar forms.

Visit Website →@sally.jh.kong