EDUARDO KAC

I want to create art that does not engage human's subjectivity exclusively. I want to bring into the picture different modes of the perception of the world, different modes of existence so we can also talk about inter-species communication as a mode of interaction
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A lot of the art I make is both an attempt for me to grapple with an issue, to try to develop an understanding for myself and create a context, not in which I convey my understanding to the public but always create a context in which the public can develop his or her own understanding, their own understanding of an issue. (That's really key …I am extremely interested in this issue, intellectually curious about this issue, feel that this is an important issue and I have gone through a learning curve to develop a particular thought process around this and I want to share with you not the results of the thought process but the conditions that enable this thought process to be created. )
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I'm very interested in technology not for it's own sake but as something that enables an expansion of human reach or human potential.
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What drew my attention was the fact that number one, the ubiquitous expression of the GFP created a very powerful image. It was not a means for something but it was in itself extremely important. I was also very interested in the subjectivity of this transgenic being. What does it mean to be a transgenic being and exist in this world as a new category of existence? It's a very puzzling, very intriguing concept this notion of otherness expands and the possibility of communication among species that otherwise will never come into contact is also unprecedented. So the species boundaries are broken down. Traditional categories of otherness are broken down. Notions of purity or hybridity have to be reconsidered. All of this is fertile ground for an artist to work.
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So the project evolved but from the beginning it was meant to bring together different beings that exist already in isolation in laboratories worldwide and bring them together under the same roof, so to speak. In this case, a dome under the same dome to enable us, to visualize this transgenic ecology in ways that we don't when you buy your corn in the market or you have soy in your soup for example. You really don't get a more enveloping visualization of the complexity of this ecology so I felt that by bringing these organisms and tapping into the bioluminescent quality of these organisms, a dramatic image is created that enable us then to visualize the fact that the social environment is increasingly transgenic.
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