Bioart and the Vitality of Media (In Vivo)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295990082 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Entertaining to read" according to Jackie Kay. Interesting book and worth the read. Very inciteful.
He illustrates how bioartists employ technologies and practices from the medical and life sciences in an effort to transform relationships among science, medicine, corporate interests, and the public. Bioart and the Vitality of Media is the first comprehensive theoretical account of the art form, situating it in the contexts of art history, laboratory practice, and media theory.Mitchell begins by sketching a brief history of bioart in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, describing the artistic, scientific, and social preconditions that made it conceptually and technologically possible. Bioart -- art that uses ei
Recommended."Choice. "In this concise, clearly written work, Mitchell explores bioengineered life as an artistic medium creating flows between the sciences and the humanities