Year 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of the Bioart Society, which created the impetus for the publication of Art as We Don’t Know It. Produced in collaboration with Biofilia – Base for Biological Arts at Aalto University, the book showcases art and research that has grown and flourished within the wider network of both organisations during the previous decade.
Rather than being a retrospective, Art as We Don’t Know It looks forward, inviting speculations about the potential directions of bioarts. Its contributions range from peer-reviewed articles to personal accounts and interviews interspersed with artistic contributions and bioart projects. The selection offers a purview of the rich variety, both in content and form, of the work currently being made within the field, troubling the porous and provisional definitions of what might be understood as bioart. The book features a foreword by curator and art historian Mónica Bello.
Editors: Erich Berger, Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka, Kira O’Reilly and Helena Sederholm
Contributors: Bartaku, Laura Beloff, Ida Bencke, Crystal Bennes, Erich Berger, Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr, Heather Davis, Elaine Gan & Terike Haapoja, Andy Gracie, Rian Ciela Visscher Hammond, Paula Humberg, Antero Kare, Denisa Kera, Mari Keski-Korsu, Adriana Knouf, Jurij Krpan, Teemu Lehmusruusu, lifepatch, Pia Lindman, Lauri Linna, Kristiina Ljokkoi & Tomi Slotte Dufva, Marta de Menezes & Luís Graça, Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka, Anu Osva, Margherita Pevere, Marietta Radomska & Cecilia Åsberg, Kira O’Reilly, Johanna Rotko, Markus Schmidt & Nediljko Budisa, Helena Sederholm, Christina Stadlbauer, Ulla Taipale, Antti Tenetz, Ian Ingram & Theun Karelse, Leena Valkeapää and Paul Vanouse.
Produced in collaboration with Biofilia – Base for Biological Arts
Publisher: Aalto ARTS Books
Graphic design: Safa Hovinen / Merkitys
Cover photo: Johanna Rotko, Living Images, Yeastograms (detail)
A free PDF is available at Bioart Society’s site.