Sammendrag
What is natural in our time? Where is the line between good and evil in high tech manipulation of life? What boundaries are moved with the emergence of new technology? How can art contribute here? Through problematisation, idealisation, visualisation, clarification, obscuration, critique?
The theme of this year’s Article Biennial is New Eden. The theme is inspired by the increasing role of biotechnology in our time; it is described by some researchers as ”the most important science of the 21st century”. What views of knowledge exist within contemporary biotechnology? And how is this related to previous manipulations of natural resources? In the exhibition, lines are drawn to the Tree of Knowledge within the Biblical Garden of Eden, as well as the ancient prehistory of biotechnology, which is still with us today.
Participating artists:
Eva Bakkeslett, Joe Davis, Jalila Essaïdi, Gints Gabrans, George Gessert, Mariko Kasuya, Margherita Pevere.
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