Very interesting...
On Eduardo Kac's site, there's a transgenic objet d'art rooted in chess:
http://www.ekac.org/move36.html
I've never heard of transgenic art, and I must admit I'm quite excited by it.
Would you buy a cactus that grows human hair? That sinister childhood figure Mr Potatohead may well sprout again.
"The cactus project is a transgenic artwork involving the fusion of human genetic material into the cactus genome resulting in the cactus expressing human hair."
wow...hairy gnomes came from cacti
I'm never alking to my cacti again...they could be mating with the cat.
Great site...don't show it to bush he already has a gay bomb and a fat bomb... a hairy cactus bomb would too much.
Originally posted by CandyDarlingI love the artwork, but I'm wondering if art is a suitable motive for genetic engineering?
Very interesting...
On Eduardo Kac's site, there's a transgenic objet d'art rooted in chess:
http://www.ekac.org/move36.html
I've never heard of transgenic art, and I must admit I'm quite excited by it.
Would you buy ...[text shortened]... sinister childhood figure Mr Potatohead may well sprout again.
I wonder if the artist stopped to consider the implications of his efforts.
Suppose, for example, the modifications to the plant's genome had made it highly toxic, or more hardy than natural varieties.
I'm not suggesting anyone would eat it, but an open window could carry pollen to other plants, thereby changing their genetic properties.
I know the same risks apply to genetically modified crops, but at least they are created with food production in mind.
Feeding the world is worth risking genetic purity, but can we say the same for art?
I love the artwork, but I'm wondering if art is a suitable motive for genetic engineering?Hmm. I don't think feeding the world was worth risking genetic purity (GM in my humblest opinion being all about money), but since that's already happened and genetic purity is (in my view) hopelessly compromised by now, I think artists are entitled to join in the fun. I'm the artist (and his weird crew) have thought about the consequences of their work.
Feeding the world is worth risking genetic purity, but can we say the same for art?
M. John Harrison wrote a book (Signs of Life) about a compellingly dysfunctional love affair in which genetic engineering and desire mix. Read anything by him.
GFP Bunny -- With GFP Bunny Kac welcomes Alba, the green fluorescent rabbit, and explains that transgenic art must be created "with great care, with acknowledgment of the complex issues at the core of the work and, above all, with a commitment to respect, nurture, and love the life thus created." The first phase of the GFP Bunny project was completed in February 2000 with the birth of "Alba" in Jouy-en-Josas, France. The second phase is the ongoing debate, which started with the first public announcement of Alba's birth, made by Kac in the context of the Planet Work conference, in San Francisco, on May 14, 2000. The third phase will take place when the bunny comes home to Chicago, becoming part of Kac's family and living with him from that point on.