The Vitality of Matter and the Instrumentalisation of Life. (8th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Catts, Oron; Zurr, Ionat; Ednie‐Brown, Pia; Burry, Mark; Burrow, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 83:Number 1(2013:Jan./Feb.)
• Page Start: 70
• Page End: 75
• Publication Date: 2013-01-08
• Subjects: 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1527
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Artists and researchers <bold>Oron Catts</bold> and <bold>Ionat Zurr</bold> of SymbioticA, based at the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, are internationally renowned as pioneers in the field of biological arts, challenging audiences with their tissue engineering projects. Catts and Zurr discuss how synthetic biology has increasingly become 'the new frontier for exploitation' and why there is currently 'a resurgence of the application of engineering logic in the fields of the life sciences' in which life itself becomes a raw material.</p> </abstract>