Academic Paper

publication | art and science, Diybio, performance, posthumanism, Academic Paper

Duelling Epistemologies

  1. How Artists Hack Laboratories and Alter the Futures of Science
  2. Paper | Regine Rapp + Christian de Lutz
Published in October 2024
In their paper the authors reflect about the manifold and meaningful contributions of bio art in current scientific research: Bio Art challenges a number of western pre-conceptions about what art is and what art is supposed to do. By its nature ephemeral, and in a constant state of flux, the use of living materials runs contrary to centuries of art preservation and the ideal of art as eternal. But an art that goes hand in hand with science now ends two centuries in which the arts and science were seen as separate (and increasingly distant) disciplines. Moreover, Bio Art does not aim to ‘illustrate’ science (something which often confuses novice scientific collaborators) but to place the life sciences, and the organisms, cells and complex molecules studied, in a new focus.
publication | Academic Paper

The Concept of Nonhuman Subjectivities.

  1. Current Artistic Practice in Posthumanism.
  2. Academic Paper | Regine Rapp
April 2019
In her academic paper “The Concept of Nonhuman Subjectivities. Current artistic practice in posthumanism” Regine Rapp introduces the concept of Nonhuman Subjectivities by means of selected current artistic positions that place nonhuman organisms – animals, plants, fungi – at the centre of their work. The authors of this volume show the role of mimesis as imitation of nature in design. The contributions address topics as diverse as the design of virtual spaces in computer games, the sustainable production and disposal of clothing, and the imitation of animals and their behaviour in contemporary performance art.