Helix

Helix

Helix is a collaborative digital graphic novel I created with artist David Blandy and scientist and writer Adam Rutherford in 2013-2014; it was a Lighthouse & Wellcome Trust Commission, supported by Arts Council England.

Helix tells the history of DNA from the perspective of a 500-year-old man kept alive by genetic therapy. The story spans a 40,000 year period, from ancient chimera, to modern day spider goats, to a speculated future of centuries old human beings. It was published as an Online Digital Graphic Novel.

Helix is supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Lighthouse is supported by Arts Council England and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Music by James A. Holland