Specimen of Secrecy about Marvelous Discoveries

Collection Valerio Ferrari, Paris
© Eduardo Kac ; Collection Valerio Ferrari, Paris

Eduardo Kac

Specimen of Secrecy about Marvelous Discoveries ,

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    Apsides Biotope
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    General view showing (from left to right) Theorem, Oblivion, and Apsides
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    General view showing (from left to right) Hullabaloo, Odyssey, and Clairvoyance.
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    Apsides Biotope, 19 X 23"
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    Specimen of Secrecy about Marvelous Discoveries
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    Clairvoyance Biotope, 19 X 23"
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    Doohickey Biotope, 46 X 37.4"
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    Hullabaloo Biotope, 19 X 23 ",
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    Oblivion Biotope, 19 X 23"
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    Odissey Biotope, 19 X 23"
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Description
… is a series of works comprised of what Kac calls "biotopes", that is, living pieces that change during the exhibition in response to internal metabolism and environmental conditions. Each of Kac's biotopes is literally a self-sustaining ecology comprised of thousands of very small living beings in a medium of earth, water, and other materials. The artist orchestrates the metabolism of these organisms in order to produce his constantly-evolving living works.
Keywords
  • genres
    • bioart
      • transgenic art
Technology & Material
Installation Requirements / Space
Hullabaloo
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Collection Alfredo Herzog da Silva, São Paulo.
Oblivion
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Theorem
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Private collection, Rio de Janeiro.
Apsides
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Collection Valerio Ferrari, Paris
Clairvoyance
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Odissey
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Private collection, Rio de Janeiro
Doohickey
Biotope, 46 X 37.4" (117 x 95 cm), 2009.
Exhibitions & Events
Life, Light & Language
Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, solo show curated by Christiane Paul
Doppler Effect
Le Fresnoy, Studio National des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France, “Panorama”
Specimen of Secrecy about Marvelous Discoveries
Du sonore et du visuel 2
Hodibis Potax
Singapore Biennale 2006
Bibliography
  • Kac, Eduardo. »Telepresence Art and Net Ecology.« In The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology on the Internet, edited by Ken GoldbergCambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.
  • Kac, Eduardo and Marcel.li Antunez Roca. »Robotic Art.« Leonardo Electronic Almanac 5, no. 5 (May 1997).
  • Kac, Eduardo. »Interactive Art on the Internet.« In Ars Electronica 1995. Welcome to the Wired World, edited by Peter Weibel and Karl Gerber, 170-179. Wien, New York: Springer Verlag, 1995.
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