Description
Book SynopsisBioart, art that uses either living materials (such as bacteria or transgenic organisms) or more traditional materials to comment on, or even transform, biotechnological practice. This book offers a theoretical account of the art form, situating it in the contexts of art history, laboratory practice, and media theory.
Trade Review"In this concise, clearly written work, Mitchell explores bioengineered life as an artistic medium creating flows between the sciences and the humanities. Recommended."
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Living Art
1. Defining Bioart: Representation and Vitality
2. The Three Eras of Vitalist Bioart
3. Bioart and the Folding of Social Space
4. Affect, Framing, and Mediacy
5. The Strange Vitality of Media
6. Bioart and the "Newness" of Media
Notes
Works Cited
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