'Telepresence Art and Robotics' and 'Bio Art'. The most notorious of his 'bio art' creations is the GFP Bunny (2000), the green fluorescent rabbit Alba, a product of what Kac calls 'transgenic art' 鈥 'a new art form based on the use of genetic engineering to create unique living ...
In 1995 Ken Goldberg, entire body of a dead rabbit,causing it to walk backward. Joseph Santarromana, George Bekey, Steven Gentner, These and many other large machines, animal-machine RosemaryMorris,CarlSutter,and Jeff Wiegley collaborat- hybrids, and robotic or computer-controlleddevices have ed...
Eduardo Kac, Brazilian American artist who was best known for his works featuring genetically altered organisms in ways that frequently had conceptual or symbolic import. He termed these endeavors ‘bio art’ or ‘transgenic art.’ Read more about Kac’s
Kac claimed, the provocation of the controversy, rather than the rabbit itself. Debate did indeed ensue; though many questioned the ethics of using genetically modified organisms in art, some applauded the initiation of a dialogue on the subject. ...