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THINKING ATOMS TELEPRESENCE AND BIO ART
19 APRIL 2006 24 JANUARY 2006
EDA, UCLA ART|SCI CENTER EDA, UCLA ART|SCI CENTER
What happens when artists are in Eduardo Kac’s work reveals the
dialogue with a Tibetan monk, a alternately poetic, political, personal,
nanoscientist and a neuroscientist? and philosophical approaches by which
the artist examines contemporary life
Science can prove that there are billion and speculates on our collective future.
times a billion atoms in a grain of After an introduction contextualizing
sand, and show that if we reduced our his pioneering telepresence work—in
body to a solid mass of neutrons and process since the mid-1980’s—Kac gave
protons, it would result to a hundredth examples and further discussed his
of a thickness of human hair. Even current transgenic work.
there, string theories question this
atomistic view. When we go beyond the Kac has integrated many disciplines
visible realm, we enter into non- to present an imaginative view of
materialism and yet the interpretations art’s relevance to the contemporary
can still be abstracted from the human world—a view which has firm roots in
condition and remain materialistic. the artist’s background in philosophy
At the same time, this space of and literature. He is internationally
“nothingness” is a natural meeting recognized for his unique artwork, which
place for art, science, philosophy focuses on the relationships between
and spirituality. This symposium was humans, animals, machines and different
joined by an extraordinary meeting of life forms.
the minds to ponder how this new age
of global communication systems, nano The presentation included a discussion
and biotechnology is transforming our of “GFP Bunny” (Alba, the green rabbit)
perception of reality. and “Move 36,” Kac’s work that was shown
at Gwangju Biennale, Korea, and Biennale
PARTICIPANTS: Chuni Lobsang Jinpa de São Paulo, Brazil. A book signing and
Rinpoche (Lama Reincarnate, Gaden special sale followed the lecture.
Shartse Monastic College) / Roy Ascott
(theoretician, artist, director,
Planetary Collegium UK) / Sigi Hale
(neuroscientist, co-founder, Mindful
Awareness Research Center UCLA) /
Barbara Fields (director, Association
for Global New Thought) / James
Gimzewski (nanoscientist, Department
of Chemistry CNSI Pico Lab UCLA) /
Ven Lama Phuntsho (translator, Gaden
Shartse Monastic College). Moderated by
Victoria Vesna.
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