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Bio Art: Altered Realities
William Myers
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Description for Bio Art: Altered Realities
Hardcover. Reveals the ways in which the work of bio artists offers new meanings for our lives in the wake of scientific discovery, as well as new frameworks for describing them. This book covers key areas in which biotechnology has had an impact on world, including ecology, biomedicine, designer genomes and evolutionary theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1366.
In our age of fast-paced biotechnological progress and humans' increasing impact on the environment the autonomy of 'nature' has come into question. We can now engineer living things, blur the biological distinctions between humans and animals, and influence parts of our world that we cannot see - such as DNA and genes. These discoveries and far-reaching developments have created fertile ground for artistic expression. This book reveals the ways in which the work of bio artists offers new meanings for our lives in the wake of scientific discovery, as well as new frameworks for describing them. Four thematic ... Read more
In our age of fast-paced biotechnological progress and humans' increasing impact on the environment the autonomy of 'nature' has come into question. We can now engineer living things, blur the biological distinctions between humans and animals, and influence parts of our world that we cannot see - such as DNA and genes. These discoveries and far-reaching developments have created fertile ground for artistic expression. This book reveals the ways in which the work of bio artists offers new meanings for our lives in the wake of scientific discovery, as well as new frameworks for describing them. Four thematic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500239322
SKU
V9780500239322
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99-1
About William Myers
William Myers is a writer, curator and teacher based in Amsterdam. He has worked for The Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Guggenheim and Genspace, the first community biotech lab in the United States. His writing has appeared in Metropolis magazine, The Architect's Newspaper and New York Magazine.
Reviews for Bio Art: Altered Realities
'Myers shows how the work of bio artists offers a new framework for our lives in the wake of scientific discovery' - Vanity Fair 'A compelling contribution to the biotechnology conversation' - Science