Eduardo Kac & Avital Ronell: Life Extreme: An Illustrated Guide to the New Life

by Avital Ronell and Eduardo Kac

Humankind has imagined and depicted fantastical creatures since the formation of the first societies. Beasts such as the Chimera, the Golem, the Minotaur and Galatea could be said to be culturally symptomatic. Today, in the twenty-first century, we witness the emergence of a new class of beings: organisms that are first imagined and then--through the agency of biotechnologies--brought to life. What once was myth is today a medium. In Eduardo Kac:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2914563345
• ISBN13: 9782914563345
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Dis Voir Editions
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 8.5"