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

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«.

About the author

Klaus Weber, geb. 1960, lehrt seit 2011 an der Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) Europäische Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf den kolonialen Verflechtungen Zentraleuropas in der Frühmoderne. Er arbeitet außerdem zu globalen Transfers konservativer Ideologien in der Moderne.

Product details

• Authors: Sergio Dalla Beranrdina, Sebastien Galliot, Emeline Gougeon, David Krych, Anne Di Piazza, Regine Rapp, Sandra Revolon, Sandra et a Revolon, Jérôme Thomas, Concepción Cortés Zulueta
• Assisted by: Julio Velasco (Editor), Weber (Editor), Klaus Weber (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9783837671773
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7177-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 15 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Illustrations: 7 schw.-w. u. 34 farb. Abb.
• Series: Image
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Kunsttheorie, contemporary Art, art, Art History, Culture, Cultural Studies, Nature, Theory of art, Fine Arts, Tiere und Gesellschaft, Animal, Social Sciences, auseinandersetzen, Human-Animal Studies, Anthropocene, Bio Art, Anthropocentrism, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, History, geographic treatment, biography