Dolly the sheep was put down in 2003 because of varied illness; I've read speculation that this was caused by a genetic disorder that resulted from her cloning, but her Wikipedia page suggests otherwise. In any event, Dolly's short life, we gather, was not pleasant towards the end. Dolly is now a stuffed artefact on display in Scotland.
For those concerned with biotech, the patenting of living organisms, copyrights and copylefts, and/or people who just really like sheep, there's a must-attend opening at 1067 tonight: Femke Van Delft and Dave Chokroun's collaborative event, "The Dolly Project," commemorating Dolly's unnatural ovine birth. On sale, I believe, will be a limited CD (or CDR?) release with a Femke-knitted cover, as shown above! Femke's email to me is as follows:
The Dolly Project:
a collaborative work by Dave Chokroun and Femke van Delft
with Carol Sawyer, voice
Six birthday songs for Dolly the sheep (July 5, 1996 - February 14. 2003).
150 musical transformations
50 unique pieces of art
One premiere performance
with more live music by
Jeff Younger's Devil Loops
Yellowthief
The Sorrow and the Pity (Dave Chokroun + Darren Williams)
Door 7pm
Music 7:30 sharp!
More information at Advanced Musical Research!
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