Art as a laboratory – Guy Ben-Ary’s work

• Authors: Sylwia Szykowna

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Art as a laboratory – Guy Ben-Ary’s work

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Szykowna Sylwia, Art as a laboratory – Guy Ben-Ary’s work. “Images” vol. XXV, no. 34. Poznań 2019. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. Pp. 115–124. ISSN 1731-450X. DOI 10.14746/i.2019.34.07. The present paper deals with the work of an Israeli artist, Guy Ben-Ary. His work is a prime example of artistic practice in the field of bio art. Bio art provokes critical thinking about the place and role of people in today’s world. The main purpose of the article is to describe changes in contemporary artistic practices within the framework of art as a laboratory, the aim of which is to study reality.  

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Szykowna Sylwia, Art as a laboratory – Guy Ben-Ary’s work. “Images” vol. XXV, no. 34. Poznań 2019. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. Pp. 115–124. ISSN 1731-450X. DOI 10.14746/i.2019.34.07. The present paper deals with the work of an Israeli artist, Guy Ben-Ary. His work is a prime example of artistic practice in the field of bio art. Bio art provokes critical thinking about the place and role of people in today’s world. The main purpose of the article is to describe changes in contemporary artistic practices within the framework of art as a laboratory, the aim of which is to study reality.

Keywords

EN

bio art; posthumanism; new media art; laboratory; tissue culture; collectivity; Ars Electronica; art world; Guy Ben-Ary; SymbioticA; bio art; posthumanism; new media art; laboratory; tissue culture; collectivity; Ars Electronica; art world; Guy Ben-Ary; SymbioticA

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bio art; posthumanism; new media art; laboratory; tissue culture; collectivity; Ars Electronica; art world; Guy Ben-Ary; SymbioticA

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 34

Dates

published

2019-06-15

Contributors

author

Sylwia Szykowna

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2019.34.07