Research Catalog

Title

Genes and jazz [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Varmus, Harold.
• Varmus, Jacob.
• Barry, Drew.
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Jacob Varmus Quintet.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

• Genes
• DNA
• DNA replication
• Evolution (Biology)
• Cancer
• Cancer cells
• Jazz
• Art and science

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Addresses.
• Music.

Credits (note)

• Animations by Drew Barry.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 17, 2008.

Biography (note)

• Harold Varmus delivers a lecture on the role of genes in cells, evolution and cancer, accompanied by slides, animations and original music composed and performed by his son Jacob Varmus. The lecture is divided into three sections: 1. Cells, their structure and functions, the cell division process, the development of an embryo from a single cell, the structure and function of DNA, how DNA instructs cells to create proteins, the process by which DNA is copied when a cell divides; 2. Evolution, how mutations in DNA create the diversity of life forms through the process of natural selection; 3. Cancer, how random mutation of DNA can affect cell behavior to create cancers, traditional methods of treating cancer and new methods geared at countering specific mutant genes. Throughout the lecture Varmus draws comparisons with music and art. Animations illustrate cell division, the copying of DNA, the creation of RNA and proteins, and the behavior of cancerous cells.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4484

OCLC

312710980

Title

Genes and jazz [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

2008.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

Animations by Drew Barry.

Performer

Speaker: Harold Varmus.

Music composed by Jacob Varmus, performed by the Jacob Varmus Quintet: Jacob Varmus (trumpet, cornet), Erica vonKleist (alto and soprano sax, flute), Kristjan Randalu (piano), Kevin Thomas (bass), Brian J. Woodruff (drums).

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 17, 2008.

Biography

Harold Varmus delivers a lecture on the role of genes in cells, evolution and cancer, accompanied by slides, animations and original music composed and performed by his son Jacob Varmus. The lecture is divided into three sections: 1. Cells, their structure and functions, the cell division process, the development of an embryo from a single cell, the structure and function of DNA, how DNA instructs cells to create proteins, the process by which DNA is copied when a cell divides; 2. Evolution, how mutations in DNA create the diversity of life forms through the process of natural selection; 3. Cancer, how random mutation of DNA can affect cell behavior to create cancers, traditional methods of treating cancer and new methods geared at countering specific mutant genes. Throughout the lecture Varmus draws comparisons with music and art. Animations illustrate cell division, the copying of DNA, the creation of RNA and proteins, and the behavior of cancerous cells.

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs]

Added Author

Varmus, Harold. Speaker

Varmus, Jacob. Composer

Varmus, Jacob. Instrumentalist

Barry, Drew. Animator

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Jacob Varmus Quintet.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4484