[Synapse elist] definitions of bio art

[roger malina]

Pier Luigi

re your diagram= i also thinks is a useful categorisation but I would
think that within each category ( transgenic, genetic,biotech art, bio
art..)
one should find the study of theoretical objects or processes in that class
ie Artificial life is a transverse theoretical discipline of 'life as it
could be'
used within the context of creation of art of all kinds dealing with living
matter
ie artificial life art research also provides the theoretical
grounding/interpretation
structures for bioart which is shown in the overlap in your venn diagram but
maybe is not clear

I am still a bit bothered on the emphasis on DNA and individual organisms
rather than ecosystems which you include in your bio art category= i dont
think
that an organism can be considered outside of the (chemical and interaction)
networks that\
connect it to the world outside its boundary.

human intervention in  ecological systems is the most profound way we
currently
intervene in life forms, and in my opinion dwarfs the risks in genetic
engineering

ecological art would be artistic work which depends on the involvement  of
life <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life> forms and the
interactions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction>between
 organisms <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism> and their environment

and like you i think the relevant distinction is between life forms and
their environments and
not between man and nature= here is it assumed that even though the
'environment' of life
forms includes other life forms, one can make a resilient distinctions
between matter organised
in ways that is self replicating etc) and matter which isnt organised in a
way be ' living'
(we come back to neo vitalism)

coming to the exhibiting bio art= a question for me is how ecological art is
meaningful exhibited in a way that  emphasises a systems view= and that this
may be impossible in museum or gallery context ( but can be clearly done
in a-life art, second life settings etc)

roger
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