The Ethics and Politics of BioArt

1. Wired magazine article ‘The Ethics and Aesthetics of Using Living Tissue as a medium’

2. Steve Kurtz is a professor of Art at SUNY Buffalo and founding member of Critical Art Ensemble who was finally cleared in 2008 after a 4 year legal battle after his home was raided and documents, computers and scientific equipment used in Critical Art Ensemble’s Performance Projects

Read the details of the trial and the issues involved here.

3. Victimless Leather by SymbioticA“An actualized possibility of wearing ‘leather’ without killing an animal is offered as a starting point for cultural discussion” (SymbioticA)

4. Bioartists’ Flesh Sculptures Draw Fans and Critics by Rob Schmitz – Short article on legal and ethical issues around BioArt on NPR – you can read the article or listen to the story.

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