Book
Green light : toward an art of evolution / George Gessert.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780262014144 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0262014149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxiii, 233 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Divine plants and magical animals -- Aesthetic effects of domestication -- The rainforests of domestication -- The rise of ornamental plants -- Darwin's sublime -- Playing God -- Standards of excellence -- Doubles -- Kitsch plants -- Bastard flowers, genetic goofies, and Freud's bow wows -- Biotechnology in the garden -- Recent art involving DNA -- Naming life -- Anthropocentrism and genetic art -- The angel of extinction -- Seven breeding complexes -- The slowest art -- Breeding for wildness. |
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| Subject: | Art and biology. Biotechnology in art. Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy. Nature (Aesthetics) |
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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 | N72 .B5 G47 2010 (Text) | 30223414 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
George Gessert is an artist whose work focuses on the overlap between art and genetics. His exhibits often involve plants he has hybridized or documentation of breeding projects.
