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Research at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) has inspired a new science-fiction film, , on the origin and destiny of DNA.  has its origin in part in artists’ conversations with LCN scientist  on his research , ‘like a blind man using his cane to visualise a wriggling snake’.

It narrates the quest of a (fictitious) scientist who exploits his knowledge of DNA and his ability to modify it, in an attempt to revive his dead wife. The result includes a mind bending performance of thousand genetically modified clones by actress Sophie Linfield, as well as visual art inspired by nature at the nanometre scale.

The film has been commissioned by the , and produced by British artists . In its world premiere at the  arts centre in Manchester as part of their solo-exhibition , it complements their earlier work with  on Icarus travelling to the edge of a black hole, and their award-winning film on thinking machines travelling back in time in search of their creator Alan Turing.