Bioart and the Problematic of Biotechnology

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BIOART
Bioart is the work of art that establishes a relationship with the Problematic of biotechnology. Here, people work with live tissues, bacteria, living organisms, and life processes. It uses scientific methods of Biotechnology like genetic engineering, tissue culture, and clowning. Besides, it also uses technology to produce artwork in laboratories, galleries, and art studios.
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To establish the relationship between the work of art and the problematic of biotechnology, two tactics are used the prophylactic tactic and the vitalist tactic. The prophylactic tactic employs art as a means for creating a protective membrane through which other elements of the biotechnological problematic can be passed. On the other hand, the Vitalist tactic combines the tools of biotechnology with spectatorship as a medium for creating a new relationship with the problematic (Mitchell). Vitalist Bioart was much used in plant breeding by Edward Steichen. He was interested in the scientific theories of heredity. He showed that colchicine could be used to double the chromosomal count in plants.
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