Art and Biotechnology: Viral Culture from CRISPR to COVID (Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction CRISPR, COVID, Creativity, and Control Claire Correo Nettleton and Louise Mackenzie
	Viral Cultures: A History
	Organization
	Biotechnology and the Arts
	COVID-19 and the Arts
	References
PART ONE Biotechnology and the Arts: Studies
1 Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth and Muybridge’s Horse CRISPR, Cinema, and Species Revival Claire Correo Nettleton
	1. What is the Relationship between Genome Editing and Cinematic Editing, Especially Regarding the Potential to Reanimate Animals During a Time of their Disappearance?
	Eadweard Muybridge: From the Zoopraxiscope to Nope (2022)
	Muybridge and CRISPR
	Microcinematography
	2. Do De-extinction Efforts, in the Context of this Essay, Impose Human Dominance or Restore Nonhuman Life?
	3. Could Biotechnology Revitalize the Humanities by Breathing New Life into Works of Art, Literature, and Film? In What Ways Might a Humanistic Approach to this Experiment and CRISPR Allow Us to Think About Ethics?
	References
2 Autopoiesis in Contemporary Bioart Rethinking Autonomy and Agency Charissa N. Terranova
	Autopoiesis and Systems Counterculture
	Living Systems Aesthetics
	Real Time Living Systems: Bioart and Evolution in Real Time
	Conclusion: Biotechnological Systems and Paul Vanouse’s “Labor”
	References
3 The Exterminating Angels Bio-/Thanatos-Art Pablo Baler
	Bioart
	Biofiction
	Notes
	References
4 Viral Variation(s) Juan Eduardo Cirlot and the Poetics of Permutation Paul Cahill
	Reading and Revising the “Book of Life”
	Spanish Poets and Science
	Serial and Procedural Forms, or The Diverse Ways in which Items Come Together
	Cirlot’s Phonovisual Variations
	1. Eight Phonovisual Variations on the Name of Inger Stevens (1935–1970)
	2. Eight Phonovisual Variations on the Name of Helma with the Addition of 5 Letters (I,Y,D,O,S)
	3. Nine Phonovisual Variations on the Name of Bronwyn
	Conclusion: Hereditary Heterodoxy
	Notes
	References
PART TWO Biotechnology and the Arts: Practice
5 Baitul Ma’mur DNA Manifolds and the House of Angels Joe Davis
	The Human Predisposition for Spirituality
	Subhan Allah —Manifesting Angels
	DNA Manifolds
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6 Gene Music Biologically Motivated Musical Serialism Ira Fleming
	History of Gene Music
	Musicality of Genetic Sequences
	Method of Composition
	Production of the Slit Protein Composition
	Conclusion
	References
7 Transformation An Exercise in How to Relate to Lively Material Louise Mackenzie
	Introduction
	Relatable Anthropomorphism
	Psychotransgenics, or The Detournement of Cell Cloning
	Body Language
	Transformation
	Ancestry of a Bioassemblage
	Performing Anthropomorphism
	Notes
	References
8 Symbiogenesis Begins at the Mouth, Skin, and Genitalia Ken Rinaldo
	End / Begin-Again
	References
9 Aphrodisiac in the Machine Stephanie Rothenberg
	Prologue: Born from the Sea
	Aquadisia Networks
	Unnaturally Flavored Capital: Ecosystem Services
	Aquaculture: Forever Oceans and Giant Toilets
	Aquadisia Water: The Science of Sentience 2.0
	Conclusion: The Viral Aphrodisiac in the Machine
	Notes
	References
PART THREE COVID and the Arts: Reflections
10 Art Worlds Evolving Notes on Evolutionary Metaphors of Change and the Global Art System Meredith Tromble
	A Case Study
	Past Present
	Difference Matters!
	References
11 Embracing Viral Uncertainty? It’s Complicated Roberta Buiani
	The Curious Seed
	Losing Trust, Gaining Trust
	Learning from Viral Phenomena: Uncertainty over Confidence
	Embracing the Viral and Care
	References
12 The Anosmatic Symposium Regine Rapp and Christian de Lutz
	Introduction
	Borderless Bacteria
	Anosmatic Connections
	Learning Viral Lessons
	References
13 FEMeeting Making of an Antibodies Network Marta de Menezes and Dalila Honorato
	Contagious by Contact
	Contamination by Association
	Notes
	References
14 COVID-19 and the Embodiment of Disruption Assemblages of Agency and the Turducken of Chaos WhiteFeather Hunter and Molly McKinney
	Turducken: The History of Building a Dish
	Accidental Agents, the Ushers of Chaos
	Disruptions in Seeking or Providing Care: “Catastrophizers” and “Hysterics”
	Case Study 1: Healthcare Worker as Catastrophizer (Molly McKinney)
	Case Study 2: Patient as Embodiment of Viral Deviance (WhiteFeather Hunter)
	A Chaotic Conclusion: Squirming into Dissolution and Reform
	Notes
	References
15 Life in the Time of Slow Hauling Knowledge Dolores Steinman
	References
PART FOUR COVID and the Arts: Practice
16 Thermobiopolitics Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr
	Epistemology
	Methodology
	Ontology
	Note
	References
17 Utter On the Matter of Human Emissions Paul Vanous
	Beyond Semiotics
	Emissions
	Entanglements
	The Utter Project
	Artifice
	Outer and Other Space
	Note
	References
18 Death Tool Kit Practical and Spiritual Guidance from Artists Adriene Jenik, IONE, Marne Lucas, Linda Mary Montano, and Kira O’Reilly Kathy High
	Personal Account
	Practicing Death
	Loving One’s Fear of Dying
	Assisted Dying
	The Diversity of Grief
	Presence Without the Body
	From Wakefulness into Dissolution: Trusting the Bardo
	Conclusion and Dissolution
	Note
	References
19 Creating and Exhibiting Artworks Embedded with SARS CoV-2 Genetic Material during the COVID-19 Pandemic Anna Dumitriu
	Introduction
	There is a Sense that the World is Heading Toward a New Pandemic . . .
	The Plague Year(s)
	Shielding
	Incorporating SARS-CoV-2 RNA from a Plasmid Construct
	Lockdown Votives
	Plague Votives
	Sublime Relics of the Laboratory
	Notes
	References
20 Living in the Pandemic Panopticon Who/What Is Watching You While You Think You Are Alone? Karolina Z˙yniewicz
	Living in the Pandemic Panopticon: Who/What is Watching you while you think you are Alone?
	Biopolitical Panopticon
	Nonhuman Guard
	Signs of the Times: Collecting Biological Traces and Memories
	Staying in Touch by Seeing
	References
21 Viruses as Testing Grounds for Speculations Pei-Ying Lin
	References
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