The art projects which are going to be quoted as examples in this book can be seen as scenarios through which the described anthropological questions can be considered from the perspective of machine art. This can also illustrate where art related to biotechnological developments may still have shortcomings. In this book we want to investigate the contemporary terrain in which art and technology are merging and dissolving. We want to offer both an analysis of this new synthesis from the perspective of art, and offer a vision of what its cultural, social and aesthetic consequences might be. The Authors Authors are to be announced.
Publication is an analysis of the technologisation of biology and the biologisation of technology.
The book will expressedly explore the link between the merging of these two areas and recent developments in machine art. The main reason for the publication is the wish to initiate and focus the debate about these issues in the Netherlands. These essays will be complemented by a series of shorter articles for which we want to approach Science Fiction authors, and by descriptions of art projects. For the realisation of the book we have sought contact with different institutions which can offer financial support and which can organise the distribution in the Netherlands and abroad. For the Dutch distribution this will be the political and cultural center De Balie, Amsterdam, and for the international distribution IDEA-Books, Amsterdam.