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Life Extreme : an illustrated guide to new life / Eduardo Kac & Avital Ronell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9782914563345
- Physical Description: 125 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Paris : Dis Voir, 2007.
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- General Note:
- This series edited by Daniele Riviere."Eduardo Kac and Avital Ronell met at Dis Voir, Paris, on July 23, 2007." -- Colophon.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | K23 L54 (Text) | 30217566 | Artists' Book (ask library staff) | Not holdable | Available | - |
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Humankind has imagined and depicted fantastical creatures since the formation of the first societies. Beasts such as the Chimera, the Golem, the Minotaur and Galatea could be said to be culturally symptomatic. Today, in the twenty-first century, we witness the emergence of a new class of beings: organisms that are first imagined and then--through the agency of biotechnologies--brought to life. What once was myth is today a medium. In Eduardo Kac: Life Extreme, Kac, the pioneer of "bio art" who is internationally recognized for celebrated works such as "Genesis" and the fluorescent green "GFP Bunny," has selected 36 new organisms and invited the prominent philosopher Avital Ronell to discover these new beings. The book, published in Dis Voir's new Encounters series, is prefaced by Kac's "Anthroduction" and includes a whimsical taxonomy of taxonomies, offering a unique classification method for future species.