Le bioart face aux problématiques socio-économiques du développement biotechnologique

Abstract

The presence of artists in biotechnology laboratories

marks an important turning point in the history of

cross-art science relationships : henceforth, cooperation

between scientists and artists is no longer confined to the

representation of a scientific object, but touches on the

common creation of living beings. How to describe this

bio-artistic creativity and its relationship with biotechnology?

This paper will attempt to provide some answers to

this question. We will discuss the relationship between

biotechnology and society and the market to show that

this new “environment” makes possible and includes the

emergence of interdisciplinary practices such as bioart.

We will resume the previous analyzes to determine more

precisely the relationship between biotechnology and

bioart. Finally, we will ask ourselves what the ultimate

societal significance of this new bio-artistic creativity is.