Bioart: Transhuman and Posthuman Performance

For over a century, science fiction has gripped the attention of audiences world-wide, with some of its most successful achievements furnishing the world with utopian and dystopian narratives about the progress of science and the limits of humanity's ability to understand its own complexity and...

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Autor principal: Miah, Andy
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion Karpeta
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Grupo de Investigación Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales. Cibersomosaguas 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/48221
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-028&d=article48221oai
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topic Bioart; biodesign; bioethics; biotechnologies; posthumanism; transhumanism
bioarte; biodiseño; bioética; biotecnología; posthumanismo; transhumanismo
spellingShingle Bioart; biodesign; bioethics; biotechnologies; posthumanism; transhumanism
bioarte; biodiseño; bioética; biotecnología; posthumanismo; transhumanismo
Miah, Andy
Bioart: Transhuman and Posthuman Performance
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description For over a century, science fiction has gripped the attention of audiences world-wide, with some of its most successful achievements furnishing the world with utopian and dystopian narratives about the progress of science and the limits of humanity's ability to understand its own complexity and place in the world. However, it is only in the last 30 years that ideas of transhumanism and posthumanism have become part of the intellectual influences of various other art forms that engage with similar subject matter. It is even more recent that posthuman and transhuman scholars have interpreted the work of many pioneering artists and designers as manifestos for their ideas, or as rejections of the possible futures their ideas imply. This is not to say that transhumanist and posthumanist thought is absent from art works that precede this period, but that the explicit link between theories of post-/trans- humanism and such artwork has only recently been made.This article makes explicit the association of certain art forms and art works to trans- and posthumanist ideas, which have become constitutive of the political, cultural and philosophical differences and similarities that exist between these concepts. It discusses a range of art practices with a view to identifying themes within trans- and posthuman art, while also articulating some of the foundational contributions in this field. It begins by advancing a definition of bioart to capture the common ground between transhuman and posthuman art. It then considers interpretations of such works and rejection of their collective definition, by drawing attention to their socio-political and bioethical context. Finally, I consider how one may read bioart from the perspective of transhuman and posthuman thought. Throughout, some of the defining artists in the fields of transhuman and posthuman art are considered.
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