CATALOGUE

In recent years, the term ‘organic’ has gained a particular currency within a variety of cultural domains. Conveying ideals of eco- or bio- logical purity, it occupies a complex conceptual space informing debates from environmental protection to the manufacture of consumer products. This space has emerged alongside significant developments in synthetic biology often described in a future-driven language of ‘new frontiers’ and ‘cutting edge advances’. New scientific practices such as genetic engineering and 3D bio-fabrication challenge us to adequately describe the ethical and aesthetic dilemmas that they entail. Alongside such challenges, a less certain, but no less audible, discourse about endangerment and the survival of ecosystems has emerged, expressing the need to protect species losses and restore our environments, and to look to history as well as to the future for new perspectives.

Ghost Biologies brings together five artists whose work engages with some of these challenges. Through a range of media including live biomaterials, photographs and audio recordings, the works foreground the intricacies of organic processes as a matter of urgency.

EXHIBITION
GHOST BIOLOGIES

ARTISTS
CAT HOPE
ALICIA KING
SVENJA KRATZ
SALLY ANN MCINTYRE
LYNNE ROBERTS-GOODWIN

VENUE
CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA

DATES
7 MAY – 5 JUNE 2016