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Thursday, September 8, 2011

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.

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