Art + science now : how scientific research and technological innovations are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics / Stephen Wilson.
By: Wilson, Stephen
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2012Description: 1 v. ill. (chiefly col.)001: 14738ISBN: 0500289956; 9780500289952Subject(s): Art and science | Art, Modern -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 701.05
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the twenty-first century, some of the most dynamic works of artare being produced not in the studio but in the laboratory, whereartists probe cultural, philosophical, and social questions connectedwith cutting-edge scientific and technological research. Their workranges across disciplines--microbiology, the physical sciences, informationtechnologies, human biology and living systems, kinetics, androbotics--taking in everything from eugenics and climate change toartificial intelligence.Art + Science Now provides an overview of this new strand ofcontemporary art, showcasing the best international work. Featuringsome 250 artists, it presents a broad range of projects, from body artto bioengineering of plants and insects, from computer-controlledvideo performances to large-scale visual and sound installations.
Originally published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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