Re: [Fwd: LIFESCIENCE: Re: LIFESCIENCE]

["Prof. Dr. Birgit Richard" <B.Richard@kunst.uni-frankfurt.de>]

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> >Trevor schrieb:
>
> >> WOW! Are we really back in the Middle Ages?
>
> > no we are not we may mix art and science in the case of lifescience but we
> > will have to take a look to which system that piece of "art" if it is
> > something like transgenic art will belong.
>
> Surely it must be clear that I am not AGAINST definitions and categories, or
> "logical" operations involving them -how else are we to seriously concider the
> acceptance or rejection of (for example) "transgenetic art"?
>
> My remark was refering to the way the discussion was terminated -not on the
> basis of argument -but on the "authority" (sic) of an "author" (however
> respectable they may be). Surely it is the triumph of "logic", "discussion"
> and "observation" over the authority of ancient texts which has liberated us
> from "medieval dogmatism".
>
>
> > It may change system from art to
> > science perhaps commercialized than it is no longer art and if it stays
> >within
> > the art system it will have no direct influence on society!
>
> I agree with Lubica Lachinova -it is not the task of art to have DIRECT
> influence (in a practical sense) on society -just as I believe it not the task
> of science to have a DIRECT influence.
>

that is very true but the forms of sciences will strongly infiltrate social in the
case of lifescience although the starting point is a scientific laboratory.

> If art has NO influence on society -then that is surely the fault of artists
> who have rejected all definitions, constraints or criteria for their work
> -thus reducing art to the level of a religious sect which is only relevant to
> those who already believe in it -or earn their living from it.
>

the purpose of art is a special one giving new objects for communication to
society

>
> Is this a forum to discuss "Lifescience" or to sell "transgentic art"?
>

i am not paid by eduardo kac if you mean that :)))
it is not my destination to sell transgenic art but if this example is not enough
tell me another to discuss.
or maybe we turn our focus to the popular culture where dealing with lifescience
is a very transparent thing.
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