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

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Julio Velasco Klaus Weber

Bio-Art

Varieties of the Living in Artworks from the Pre-modern to the Anthropocene

Julio Velasco, Klaus Weber

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Transcript Verlag
18 May 2024

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Biology, life sciences

Series: Image

"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""."

Edited by: Julio Velasco, Klaus Weber
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 438g
ISBN: 9783837671773
ISBN 10: 3837671771
Series: Image
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 18 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Julio Velasco, artist-researcher, works in the fields of art and of the intersection of life sciences, humanities and social sciences, and holds a PhD in Art and Art Sciences from the Sorbonne Universit�, Paris. He was a DAAD scholarship holder and is member and co-organizer of the research group Art and Research at the Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin. His current projects are about the Memory of the Plants and the Aestheticization of Immigration. Klaus Weber, historian, is professor of economic and social history at Europa-Universit�t Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). He researches the impact of early modern and modern globalization on labor regimes and patterns of consumption. Holding a PhD from Universit�t Hamburg, he worked at the National University of Ireland in Galway, at The Rothschild Archive in London, and at the Institute for the History of the German Jews in Hamburg.