The Burroughs BM Project: An investigation into bio mutancy through the art of doodoo

William Burroughs's preserved feces are the material for a new bio-art project, according to, of all places, AOL news. Here's the description of the project, helmed by artists Adam Zaretsky and Tony Allard:

Zaretsky, who has a background in biotech, and Allard, a college professor in San Diego, say their plan is to "take a glob" of the preserved poop, isolate the DNA and make lots of copies of it.

After that, they will soak the DNA dust in gold dust and load it into a "gene gun," a modified air pistol used to insert DNA into plants, worms, rats and humans for experiments.

The DNA dust collected from the poop will be loaded into the pistol, which will then be shot into a mix of blood, poop and semen and then, according to the artists, be declared either a "living bio-art," a "new media print," a "living cut-up literary device" or a mutant sculpture.

Yup!