Re: LIFESCIENCE: Re: art/science?

[Trevor <tebatt@dds.nl>]

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ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 99
LIFESCIENCE
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On 19-Jun-99, melinda rackham wrote:

>is that then the same for scientific work, eg marketing the icelandic
>genome data base to make it acceptable to the general public makes it
>valuable and necesssary scientific practice?

Well, it is certainly "true" for art. A "visiting student" at a workshop I
once
gave told me that my "procedural" concepts of art were quite old-fashioned.
She had been to a workshop (in an Israelian museum) and had "learned"
that "things became art by being exhibited in a museum".

Unfortunately, the museums are now so poor they cannot work without sponsors
-so I guess " "Art" is what you can get sponsored ".

I hope your still not thinking that "Artists" made "Art"!

Greetings,
Trevor

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