Eduardo Kac: Transgenic Artist

Video recorded on November 9, 2013
during the 24th Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago
The curator H. Walker in conversation with E. Kac
Produced by Pentimenti Productions
Length: 56'08''


Eduardo Kac is a pioneer of bio art. The School of the Art Institute professor has pushed boundaries—and buttons—throughout his career. He is best known for his series of "transgenic" works, art that blends natural and created elements in highly unexpected ways. These works include a green fluorescent rabbit, a synthetic gene built on a Morse code translation of a sentence from the Book of Genesis, and a genetically engineered petunia that contains Kac's DNA

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