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FACES IN THE CROWD

‘DNA PHENOTYPING RESEARCH WAS ALREADY HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED LABORATORY DOORS’

YOU take the final sip of your takeaway coffee, toss the cardboard cup in a nearby bin and walk away without giving it another thought. But as soon as you’re gone, a stranger emerges from the shadows and fishes your cup from the bin.

A few months later you’re attending an art exhibition and there, on display for everyone in the gallery to see, is a 3D sculpture of your face. It may sound far-fetched but this is exactly what American artist and bio-hacker Heather Dewey-Hagborg is

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