This article is part of the Leonardo Art and Biology special project, guest-edited by George Gessert. By removing caddis fly larvae from their natural habitat and providing them with precious materials, he prompts them to manufacture cases that resemble jewelers' creations. Information theory, as explained by biologists such as Jacques Monod and Henri Atlan, helps us understand what seems to be the insect's aesthetic behavior. This article is based on a conversation between the artist and art critic Christian Besson. Abstract Electronic technology today offers new and fascinating possibilities for reinterpretation of existing works in the fine arts, music and language.
Works of art contain creative potential that challenges the participant to become involved.
Works are open to interpretation and must constantly be subjected to new approaches in order to remain vital. This new work releases the material from its static state and renders it dynamic. This project features writings that address the present and future needs and nature of art education in light of contemporary developments in technology, science and the arts. The authors raise questions and present options about how art education must change to more effectively help students meet the challenges of life with and beyond the computer screen. Students must become media philosophers, trained to reflect on the characters of electronic and other media and educated in the philosophical disciplines of epistemology, ontology and axiology.