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Synthetic aesthetics : investigating synthetic biology's designs on nature / [edited by] Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg [and others].
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2014.
Description
xxii, 349 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
QP517.B569 .S96 2014
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Art and biology
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Synthetic biology
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Ginsberg, Alexandra Daisy
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Summary note
"Synthetic biology manipulates the stuff of life. For synthetic biologists, living matter is programmable material. In search of carbon-neutral fuels, sustainable manufacturing techniques, and innovative drugs, these researchers aim to redesign existing organisms and even construct completely novel biological entities. Some synthetic biologists see themselves as designers, inventing new products and applications. But if biology is viewed as a malleable, engineerable, designable medium, what is the role of design and how will its values apply? In this book, synthetic biologists, artists, designers, and social scientists investigate synthetic biology and design. After chapters that introduce the science and set the terms of the discussion, the book follows six boundary-crossing collaborations between artists and designers and synthetic biologists from around the world, helping us understand what it might mean to 'design nature.' These collaborations have resulted in biological computers that calculate form; speculative packaging that builds its own contents; algae that feeds on circuit boards; and a sampling of human cheeses. They raise intriguing questions about the scientific process, the delegation of creativity, our relationship to designed matter, and, the importance of critical engagement. Should these projects be considered art, design, synthetic biology, or something else altogether? Synthetic biology is driven by its potential; some of these projects are fictions, beyond the current capabilities of the technology. Yet even as fictions, they help illuminate, question, and even shape the future of the field."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Synthetic biology : what it is and why it matters / Alistair Elfick and Drew Endy
Countering the engineering mindset : the conflict of art and synthetic biology / Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr
Design as the machines come to life / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Nature is designed / Drew Endy
There is no design in nature / Pablo Schyfter
Design evolution / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Bio logic / David Benjamin and Fernan Federici
Scale and metaphor / Pablo Schyfter
Living among living things / Will Carey ... [et al.]
Constrained creativity : an engineer's perspective / Alistair Elfick
The biogenic timestamp : exploring the rearrangement of matter through synthetic biology and art / Oron Catts and Hideo Iwasaki
Time as critique / Jane Calvert
Synthetic sound from synthetic biology / Chris Chafe and Mariana Leguia
Abstraction and representation / Pablo Schyfter
Living machines / Sheref Mansy and Sascha Pohflepp
Evolution vs. design? / Jane Calvert
The inside out body / Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas
Transgressing biological boundaries / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg.
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ISBN
9780262019996 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
026201999X ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2013013618
OCLC
835887515
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