Journal Continued

page 2 of journal

Central Park Zoo

Interactive Sketchbook

deer-brain
floating-deer-heads

Seed Bombs

Inspiration From The Museum of Natural History

Possible Images For Film

Has the Art of the 19th c. lead to Bio-Art?

Since the nineteen century the fields of biology and art have often intertwined. From the famous American landscape paintings, produced by the Hudson River School, to Thomas Eakin’s medical painting The Gross Clinic. Even the new medium of photograph contributed to science by providing accurate images of plants, animals, and other specimen for scientific study.

All of the above has inspired a new hybrid art, Bio-Art.
Aimee Morgana, an artist and art educator at SVA, is currently working on a series of controlled experiments and on going research with her African Gray parrot, N’kisi.

However, unlike the works of the nineteen century, artists are no longing flirting with biology but are actually using its practices as the art. If the field of fine arts crosses over into the scientific field, to the point were it is no longer collectable or can exist in galleries or museums, is it really art any more?

sketches

Venus Fly Traps

DNA Extraction & Organic Phytochemical Paintings

The alcohol separates the chromosomes from the rest of the plant tissue.

blueberries (left), beets/strawberries (center), spinach (right)

Film in Progress

                                          
                                          
                                          

Drew Gardens

Named after activist and founder Drew Hyde, Drew Gardens is  a two-acre site in west Farm on the Bronx River.  The land was used as a dumping site in the 1980's, but was transformed into a peace community garden. Students come to learn about the Bronx River, the urban forest, pollinator gardening, and the interdependency of plants and animals in these habitats.

What is "Bio Art"?

Artist: Brandon Ballengée



Artist: Brandon Ballengée

The Drop
Justin Beal, Brandon Ballengee, Tony Hamboussi,
Nancy Drew, Artists Formerly Known as Women, Lucia Pizzani

"BioArt" is an emerging art movement that integrates science and art. Artists work with live tissues, bacteria, and living organisms to produce works that draw attention to the beauty and details of nature. Some artists believe BioArt is limited to “living forms”. Other artists would include the imagery of contemporary medicine and biological research, or require that it address a controversy in biology. This practice provokes many ethical, social, and aesthetic inquiry. The phrase "BioArt" was coined by Eduardo Kac in 1997 in relation to his artwork Time Capsule. Although it originated at the end of the 20th century through the works of pioneers like Joe Davis and artists at SymbioticA, BioArt started to be more widely practiced in the beginning of the 21st century.

Wednesday, Sept. 7th