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On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM, // nina / samuel <[email protected]>wrote: > When Life Becomes Art: Molecular Biology and the Arts > > Evening Lecture by Dr. Ingeborg Reichle > (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) > > Tues. 20 July 2010 19:00 hrs. > at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Aula, Filzengraben 2, 50676 > Köln > > By contrasting contemporary art with recent scientific developments, it is > possible to demonstrate that art today not only serves to comment on > science, but also represents a form of research and knowledge production > in its own right, though one belonging to a radically different > epistemological tradition. Moving beyond the postulated dichotomy of the > “objective” sciences and the “subjective” arts, contemporary art shows us > that art is no longer limited to the production of beautiful artefacts, > but has established its role as a legitimate form of knowledge production > in its own right. Today the engagement of art with science ranges from > artists’ iconological handling of scientific imaging to research projects > executed as artistic endeavours by artists working in the laboratory. In > the last two decades we have seen a number of artists leave the > traditional artistic playground to work instead in scientific contexts > such as the laboratories of molecular biologists. Such artistic > interventions in genetics and biological forms have made possible new > means of artistic expression and art forms, like ‘Transgenic Art’ and > ‘Bio-Art’. These new art forms differ dramatically from more traditional > artistic approaches that explore the natural and additionally have > developed new methodologies. More radically these new art forms have > crossed the boundaries between the artificial and the natural, provoking a > different understanding of ‘nature’. > > Dr. Ingeborg Reichle is an art historian and theorist at the > Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany. From 1998 > till 2005 she was active at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. She has > done interdisciplinary studies in London and Hamburg and holds an MA in > Art History from the University of Hamburg and a PhD at the Art History > Department at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. Her doctoral > dissertation, dealing with Art and Biotechnology in the Age of > Technoscience, was published (Springer 2005, in German) 2009 at Springer > in English: “Art in the Age of Technoscience. Genetic Engineering, > Robotics, and Artificial Life in Contemporary Art.“ From 1998 to 2003, she > lectured on gender studies and new media art at the Art History Department > at the Humboldt-University and was involved in the practical application > of electronics in the deployment of computers and new media in art > historical works like PROMETHEUS and she was developing relevant internet > resources. Since 2005 she is active as project leader of the > interdisciplinary research group “Bildkulturen” at the Berlin-Brandenburg > Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin and lectures at the Hermann > von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik at the Humboldt-University in > Berlin. > > The evening lecture is part of the International Summer School 2010 > “Living Matter. Art & Research & Science Studies in Biological > Laboratories” (KHM Cologne in cooperation with FU Berlin, > www.fu-berlin.de/embodiedinformation) and funded by the Federal Ministry > of Education and Research (BMBF) > > > > Kathrin Friedrich > Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln > Peter-Welter-Platz 2 > D-50676 Köln > > Tel.: 0221/20189-313 > [email protected] > www.khm.de > > > > -- o O 0 o o
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