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Record Nr.

UNINA9911069023603321

Autore

Velasco Julio

Titolo

Bio-Art : Varieties of the Living in Artworks from the Pre-Modern to the Anthropocene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9783839471777

383947177X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages)

Collana

Image ; ; 246

Altri autori (Persone)

WeberKlaus

Disciplina

701.8

Soggetti

Animals in art

Biology in art

Nature in art

ART / History / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The Living in Artworks in Sociocultural and Historical Contexts -- Part One: humans – cosmos/culture – nature -- The Place of Martyrs -- Body Ornamentation in Pre-Columbian America -- The Snake and the Flying Fox -- Part Two: animals and human animals -- Bowerbirds and Their Bowers -- Animal Architecture in Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling’s Philosophy of Art -- From Beast to Machine -- Part Three: arts – science – technology -- Duelling Epistemologies -- On the Ecologies of Contemporary Art -- Crosscutting Arts, Science and Technologies -- Author Biographies

Sommario/riassunto

In the face of climate change, the destruction of biodiversity or genetic experimentation, Bio Art appears as a form that is most directly grappling with the problems of the »Anthropocene«. It develops many different approaches and explores a variety of mediums, often related to scientific research, creating art that uses plants, insects, mammals, bacteria, bird songs, forest sounds, or genetic modification. Bio Art's uniqueness comes from incorporating, rather than just representing the living in a diverse range of artworks. In discussing such works from



various world regions and time periods, the contributors address the divide between human and non-human animals, between »culture« and »nature«.