Eduardo Kac

Genesis, 1999

transgenic artwork linked to internet
dimensions variable
Peter Gena, DNA Music Synthesis
Charles Strom, MD, PhD, DNA Consultation and Bacterial Cloning
Jon Fisher, Programming and Electronics
Mike Davis, Video consultant
Rita Ciurlionis, biological consultation and technical support
(detail)
Courtesy of Julia Friedman and Associates

I investigate the philosophical and political dimensions of communications processes. Equally concerned with the aesthetic and the social aspects of verbal and nonverbal interactions, I examine linguistic systems, dialogic exchanges, and interspecies communication. In 1998, to further expand my investigation of communications processes, I proposed Transgenic Art, a new art form based on the use of genetic engineering techniques to transfer synthetic genes to an organism or to transfer natural genetic material from one species into another in order to create unique living beings. The nature of this new art is defined not only by the birth and growth of a new plant or animal, but above all by the nature of the relationship between artist, public, and transgenic organismñwhich must be respected, loved, and nurtured like any other organism.

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