This book by William Myers is published by Thames & Hudson and BNN. It presents contemporary art from around the world that uses biology as subject or medium.
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Overview: BioArt profiles contemporary art that demonstrates how advances in the life sciences and their application as biotechnology have a dislocating effect on culture. Specifically, these advances alter our notions of the self, environment, and the definition of life. Popular understanding strains to catch up with these changes while artists are detecting and vigorously responding to them, creating new images, sculpture, living material installations, video, and performance. In this way the work of bioartists echoes that of the Surrealists of the early 20th century who reacted to the new terrain of the unconscious and widespread anxiety in the aftermath of industrialized war.
BioArt closely examines the work of sixty different artists, collectives, and organizations from around the world. Interviews with eight leading artists and designers provide deeper insight into the intentions and methods of this new breed of creative practitioners.
Contributing writers: Mariam Aldhahi, Suzanne Anker, Julia Buntaine, Wythe Marschall
Hardcover: 256 Pages
10 x 8.5 x 1 inches
300 Color Images
Sample Images from the book
By Vincent Fournier
By Uli Westphal
Image by Tom Deerinck
By Jon McCormack
By Mike Thompson and Arne Hendricks
By Koert van Mensvoort, Hendrik-Jan Grievink, Silvia Celiberti, Allison Guy, and Francesca Barchiesi
By Azuma Makoto
By Neri Oxman
By Alexis Rockman
By Saša Spačal
By Henrik Spohler
By the Next Nature Network, in collaboration with Ton Meijdam, Floris Kaayk, and Jan Jansen
A ribless mouse (left) created using genetically altered embryos by Dr. Moises Mallo. Image preserved by The Center for Post Natural History
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Part of the Cultivar Series. By Uli Westphal.
By Patricia Piccinini
By Ai Hasegawa
By Pei-Ying Lin, Dimitris Stamatis, Jasmina Weiss, Špela Petrič
Go to linkBy Jon McCormack
By Antti Laitinen
By Rachel Sussman, from The Oldest Living Things in The World
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