Humankind has imagined and depicted fantastical creatures since the
formation of the first societies. Beasts such as the Chimera, the
Golem, the Minotaur and Galatea could be said to be culturally
symptomatic. Today, in the twenty-first century, we witness the
emergence of a new class of beings: organisms that are first
imagined and then--through the agency of biotechnologies--brought
to life. What once was myth is today a medium. In "Eduardo Kac:
Life Extreme," Kac, the pioneer of "bio art" who is internationally
recognized for celebrated works such as "Genesis" and the
fluorescent green "GFP Bunny," has selected 36 new organisms and
invited the prominent philosopher Avital Ronell to discover these
new beings. The book, published in Dis Voir's new "Encounters"
series, is prefaced by Kac's "Anthroduction" and includes a
whimsical taxonomy of taxonomies, offering a unique classification
method for future species.
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