Art in the Age of Technoscience
Genetic Engineering, Robotics, and Artificial Life in Contemporary Art
1st Edition
Published on 21. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXX, 422 pages
978-3-211-78160-9 (ISBN)
Description
Is science the new art? Starting from this provocative question, art historian Ingeborg Reichle examines in her book fascinating responses of contemporary artists when faced with recent scientific and technological advances. In the last two decades a growing number of artists has left the traditional artistic playground to work instead in scientific contexts such as the laboratories of molecular biology, robotics, and artificial life. New art forms like "Transgenic Art" and "Bio-Art" have emerged from the laboratory. These art forms differ dramatically from traditional artistic approaches that explore the natural: they have crossed the boundaries between the artificial and the natural, and thus provoke passionate debates about the growing influence of science and technology. This first comprehensive survey presents a well-selected number of significant artworks and with over 280 colour illustrations provides a broad overview of this new and relevant development in art.
More details
Edition
1., 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
456
456 farbige Abbildungen
456 colour illustrations
Weight
1100 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-211-78160-9 (9783211781609)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ingeborg Reichle (1970) studied art history, archaeology, sociology, and philosophy in Freiburg i. Br., London, and Hamburg. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Hamburg and received her PhD from the Humboldt University in Berlin in spring 2004. From 1998 till 2003, she was active as research fellow in the Art History Department at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and taught courses in new media art as well as courses about the interplay between art and science. While at Humboldt University she was also involved in the practical application of electronics through the use of computers and new media in art historical work, such as distant-learning projects, developing relevant Internet resources, web constructions, and image data bases (Prometheus). Her doctoral dissertation, which explored art, artificial life, and biotechnology in the age of technoscience, was published in 2005 by Springer: "Kunst aus dem Labor. Zum Verhältnis von Kunst und Wissenschaft im Zeitalter der Technoscience" Vienna/New York 2005. Since 2005 she lectures at the Hermann von Helmholtz Zentrum für Kulturtechnik at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and is currently research fellow at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin in the interdisciplinary research group "The World as Image".
Content
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
I Art at the Edge of Science
Techno-Science-Art - Technological and Aesthetic (Trans)Formations of Art and Science
II Art (History) and Genetics
Early Intersections of Art and Biology
Gene Culture: Molecular Visions in Contemporary Art
The Art of DNA
III Transgenic Art - Art in the Age of Biotechnology
Eduardo Kac and the Emergence of Transgenic Art
The Art of Cloning: Genesis
Living pictures: GFP-K9 and Bunny 2000
Sources: Holopoetry, Telepresence Art and Telerobotic Art
Joe Davis and the Making of Transgenic Art
Art Emerging from the Laboratory
Living Art: Microvenus and the Milky Way DNA
The Delbrück-paradox: Riddle of Life
Semi-living Art: SymbioticA
IV The Grammar of Genetics
More than a Metaphor: The Emergence of Biofacts
Genetic Disorder: Bioaesthetics
BioArt: Where Art and Science Meet?
V Art in the Age of Cybernetics and Synthetic Biology
Art and Artificial Life
The Logic of Life
Learning about Life - Learning about Self-Orgnisation
Algorithms of the Living World
VI Artificial Life and Robotics
Living Sculptures
The Robot in the Garden
The Coevolution of organic and technological cultures
Art and Robotics
VII Artificial Life Art
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau: Art and the Digital Evolution
Beyond Digital Naturalism: A-Volve
Art as a Living System: GENMA and Life Spacies
Silicon Second Nature: The Game of Life
VIII Art and Artificial Worlds
Jane Prophet: Communication and Digital Evolution
Virtual Bodies in the Digital Age: TechnoSphere and SWARM
Cyberspace: Deleting the Body
Art and Artificial Nature
CONCLUSION: Is science the new art?
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index
INTRODUCTION
I Art at the Edge of Science
Techno-Science-Art - Technological and Aesthetic (Trans)Formations of Art and Science
II Art (History) and Genetics
Early Intersections of Art and Biology
Gene Culture: Molecular Visions in Contemporary Art
The Art of DNA
III Transgenic Art - Art in the Age of Biotechnology
Eduardo Kac and the Emergence of Transgenic Art
The Art of Cloning: Genesis
Living pictures: GFP-K9 and Bunny 2000
Sources: Holopoetry, Telepresence Art and Telerobotic Art
Joe Davis and the Making of Transgenic Art
Art Emerging from the Laboratory
Living Art: Microvenus and the Milky Way DNA
The Delbrück-paradox: Riddle of Life
Semi-living Art: SymbioticA
IV The Grammar of Genetics
More than a Metaphor: The Emergence of Biofacts
Genetic Disorder: Bioaesthetics
BioArt: Where Art and Science Meet?
V Art in the Age of Cybernetics and Synthetic Biology
Art and Artificial Life
The Logic of Life
Learning about Life - Learning about Self-Orgnisation
Algorithms of the Living World
VI Artificial Life and Robotics
Living Sculptures
The Robot in the Garden
The Coevolution of organic and technological cultures
Art and Robotics
VII Artificial Life Art
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau: Art and the Digital Evolution
Beyond Digital Naturalism: A-Volve
Art as a Living System: GENMA and Life Spacies
Silicon Second Nature: The Game of Life
VIII Art and Artificial Worlds
Jane Prophet: Communication and Digital Evolution
Virtual Bodies in the Digital Age: TechnoSphere and SWARM
Cyberspace: Deleting the Body
Art and Artificial Nature
CONCLUSION: Is science the new art?
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index