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Genesis
Genesis is a transgenic artwork that explores the intricate relationship between biology, belief systems, information technology, dialogical interaction, ethics, and the Internet. The key element of the work is an "artist's gene", a synthetic gene that was created by Kac by translating a sentence from the biblical book of Genesis into Morse Code, and converting the Morse Code into DNA base pairs according to a conversion principle specially developed by the artist for this work. The sentence reads: "Let man have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." It was chosen for what it implies about the dubious notion--divinely sanctioned--of humanity's supremacy over nature. Morse code was chosen because, as the first example of the use of radiotelegraphy, it represents the dawn of the information age--the genesis of global communication. The Genesis gene was incorporated into bacteria, which were shown in the gallery. Participants on the Web could turn on an ultraviolet light in the gallery, causing real, biological mutations in the bacteria. This changed the biblical sentence in the bacteria.
Eric Dean Rasmussen - 06.07.2011 - 17:17
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Jean-François Lyotard
Jean-François Lyotard
Eric Dean Rasmussen - 06.07.2011 - 17:23
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John Barth
John Barth
Eric Dean Rasmussen - 07.07.2011 - 16:28
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Click
Click
Eric Dean Rasmussen - 07.07.2011 - 16:42
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Natalie Binczek
Natalie Binczek
Jörgen Schäfer - 08.07.2011 - 10:35
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Sadie Plant
Sadie Plant
Eric Dean Rasmussen - 08.07.2011 - 11:12
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Laura Goldstein
Laura Goldstein
Scott Rettberg - 22.07.2011 - 13:02
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King of Space
A dark science-fictional ritual of fertility and regeneration, King of Space takes place in an abandoned starship, circling the edges of a plague-ridden and collapsing solar system, where an escaped terrorist meets the last star-captain and his ship's Priestess. Old man and young, young woman and ageless starship meet and meet again as enemies, allies, rapists, and lovers. The story has elements of gaming; an unwise move can send a character to the kitchen ("hundreds of tiny sandwiches, all alike") or into the rocky caverns of the intelligent and unpleasant starship, where a very persistent elevator is waiting to have a conversation; you can meet the Lady Nii's ancient, dreadful lover, King Brady, or become him; you can fall into a maze of love, or find the dance at the center of the world that regenerates the ship. Contains games and animations. Not for kids. (Publisher's blurb)
Jill Walker Rettberg - 27.07.2011 - 15:23
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Rob Swigart
Rob Swigart
Jill Walker Rettberg - 27.07.2011 - 15:49
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Monica Moran
Founder of Sinistry Press.
Jill Walker Rettberg - 27.07.2011 - 20:59