The Genetic Revolution in the Visual Arts




"O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world that has such people in't!"
--The Tempest, 5.1.184-187, William Shakespeare



The sources of inspiration for my final project.


Paradise Now

GeneArt



The Bibliography


Anker, Susan. Geneculture. 19 Nov., 2000.

"Art Emanating from the Laboratory: Portraiture is More Than Just a Face." Geneart. 3 Dec., 2000. On Gary Schneider's Genetic Self- Portrait.

"Art Emanating from the Laboratory: Microphotography." Geneart. 3 Dec., 2000. On Nancy Kedersha's Cellular Portraits.

"Art + Bio." The Leonardo Gallery. Curator, David Stairs. 1 Dec., 2000. Based on the Art + Bio exhibition at Central Michigan University, March 1998.

"Creative Biovisions." Out of Sight: Imaging/Imagining Science. 1 Dec. 2000.

--- Introduction to Creative Biovisions Site administered by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Dean, Agnes. "Artistic Vision and Molecular Genetics." Art Journal. 55.1 (1996): 34-35.

Dunn, John and Mary Ann Clark. "Life Music: The Sonification of Proteins." Leonardo On-Line. 15 Dec. 1997. 5 Dec. 2000.

Dunn, Katherine. "Alexis Rockman: Alive in Guyana." 7 Dec. 2000.

"Felice Frankel." High Tech, High Touch. 5 Dec. 2000.

"Felice Frankel." Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 5 Dec. 2000.

GATTACA. Dir. Andrew Niccol. Perf. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law. Columbia Pictures, 1997.

Geneart. 3 Dec. 2000.

--- "Joan Fontecuberta." 3 Dec. 2000.

--- "Nancy Kedersha." 3 Dec. 2000.

--- "Paradise Now." 3 Dec. 2000. Curators, Marvin Heiferman and Carols Kismaric. Online version of the Exit Art exhibit.

Geneforum. Dir. Gregory Fowler. 2 Dec. 2000.

"Genetic Music." MP3.com. 5 Dec. 2000.

Joselit, David. "Biocollage." Art Journal. 59.3 (2000): 44.

"Julian LaVerdiere." Geneart. 1 Dec. 2000.

Kevles, Bettyann Holtzmann and Marilyn Nissenson. Picturing DNA. 5 Dec. 2000.

--- "An Interview with Alexis Rockman." 5 Dec. 2000.

--- "An Interview with Suzanne Anker" 5 Dec. 2000.

--- "Chapter 7: What is Normal?" 5 Dec. 2000.

--- "Epilogue." 5 Dec. 2000.

Kitcher, Philip. The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Possibilities. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Laber, Emily. "Variations on a Gene." Sciences. 40.5 (2000): 20-23. A review and discussion of the Paradise Now art exhibit.

Levy, Ellen. "Contemporary Art and the Genetic Code." Art Journal. 55.1 (1996): 20-24.

Li, Wentian. "DNA and Protein Music." 23 Apr. 1998. 5 Dec. 2000.

"Nancy Kedersha." High Tech, High Touch. 3 Dec., 2000.

Nelkin, Dorothy. "The Gene as a Cultural Icon." Art Journal. 55.1 (1996): 56-61.

Pollack, Barbara. "The Genetic Esthetic." Art News. 99.4 (2000): 134-138.

Rooke, Steven. "The Genetic-Evolutionary Art Process Employed by Steven Rooke." The Evolutionary Art of Steven Rooke. 7 Dec. 2000.

®™ark. 1 Dec. 2000.

- - - "The Biological Property Fund." 1 Dec. 2000.

Schneider, Gary. "Gary Schneider: Genetic Self-Portrait." International Center of Photography. 23 Nov., 2000.

Suzuki, David and Peter Knudtson. Genethics: The Clash Between the New Genetics and Human Values. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989.

Tanne, Janice Hopkins. "Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution." British Medical Journal. International edition. 321.7265 (2000): 903. Review of the Paradise Now art exhibit.



Works Consulted


Barker, Penelope. Editor. Genetics and Society. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1995.

Blezard, Rob. "Who Will Weigh Genetic Tests?" Nov. 19, 2000.

Blumberg, Roger. Mendelweb. Nov. 19, 2000.

Cole-Turner, Ronald. The New Genesis: Theology and the Genetic Revolution. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1993.

Frankel, Mark and Albert Teich. Editors. The Genetic Frontier: Ethics, Law and Policy. Washington, D. C. : American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994.

"Gary Schneider." High Tech, High Touch. 3 Dec. 2000.

Genolog: A Genetic Art Forum. 3 Dec., 2000.

Gianturco, Michael. "Selling Genes." Forbes. 156.8 (1995): 120.

"Identity Isn't in the Genes." Editorial. Christian Science Monitor. 92.60 (2000): 8.

King, Chris. "Through a Glass Darkly: The Genetic Future of Eden." 3 Dec., 2000.

Lander, Eric. "In Wake of Genetic Revolution, Questions About Its Meaning." Whitehead Center for Genome Research. 29 Nov. 2000. New York Times. 12 Sep. 2000.

Miller, Hugh. "DNA Blueprints, Personhood and Genetic Privacy." Health Matrix: Journal of Law Medicine. 8.2 (1998): 179-222.

National Institute of Health. "Altered Fates, the Promise of Gene Therapy: an Examination of the Revolution that May Change the Face of Medicine." Chicago: Chicago Tribune Company, 1987.

Newbrough, Celeste. "Cloning, Reproductive Rights, and the Gender Revolution." 19 Nov. 2000.

"Objects of Art: Double-stranded Helix DNA Model." United States National Library of Medicine. 26 Nov., 2000.

"Objects of Art: Jane W. Larson Ceramic Mural--Milestone Molecules in Medicine." United States National Library of Medicine. 26 Nov., 2000.

"Out of Sight: Imaging/Imagining Science." Santa Barbara Museum of Art. 29 Nov., 2000.

Renfrew, Colin. "Application of DNA in Archaeology: A Review of the DNA Studies of the Ancient Biomolecules Initiative." Ancient Biomolecules. 2.2/3 (1998): 107-117.

Robertson, John. "Liberty and Human Cloning." Nov. 19, 2000.

Shenk, David. "Biocapitalism: What Price the Genetic Revolution?" 29 Nov. 2000. Harper's Magazine. Dec. 1997.

Silver, Lee M. Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World. New York: Avon Books, 1997.

Silverstein, Alvin. Futurelife, the Biotechnology Revolution. Englewood Cliffs, N. J. :Prentice- Hall, 1982.

Susanne, Charles. "Genetic Engineering: Ethical Dimensions." Nov. 19, 2000.

Thurtle, Phillip. "The Creation of Genetic Identity." Stanford Electronic Humanities Review. Ed. Marcel Liebermann and Laura Kerr. Vol. 5, Supplement: Cultural and Technological Incubations of Fascism. Dec. 17, 1996. Accessed 1 Dec., 2000.

Trembly, Ara C. "Genetics Becomes a Marketing Tool." National Underwriter. 103.24 (1999): 49.

Wilson, Stephen. "Conceptual Design/InfoArts Links." 22 Nov. 2000.




General Links of Interest


Creative Time/DNAid

Leonardo Art + Bio Gallery

Transgenic Art

Critical Art Net

Inheritance Exhibit at Soda

Genochoice

Unnatural Science

Conceptual Design/Info Art Links

Genetic Music

From the Blood of Poets by Kevin Clarke

Artistic Molecules by Joe Davis

ARS Electronica

Art and Genetics Bibliography

Science and the Artist's Book--An exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Washington Project for the Arts

The Transgenic Bagel by Sonja Rapoport

On Exhibiting Hybrids by George Gessert

Misfit Cow by Thomas Grunfeld

Meniscus--a series of web-based interactives that explore ides relating to subjectivity, scientific belief systems and the body.

Hereditary Allegories by Gail Wight

MendelWeb

Voice of the Shuttle Science and Technology Page




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By Tara Tuttle, 11 December, 2000.


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