Art in the Age of Technoscience

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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