Themes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Family
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8364116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A J Smith (0000-0002-1012-0431, corresponding author), Elfriede Dreyer (0000-0002-6367-0277, University of Pretoria) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 79 |
| Pages | 23-33 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | de arte (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-3389 • E-ISSN: 2471-4100 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00043389.2009.11877104 |
| OpenAlex | W1919026053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
In this article Patricia Piccinini's We are Family of 2003 is considered in terms of the concept of the genetic homunculus, which can be understood as the product of artifice. The genetically engineered human being is investigated within the context of alchemic and post-human discourse, with specific reference to the ideas of Donna Haraway and Jean Baudrillard. It is maintained that, although it is as yet impossible to accurately predict what the outcomes of such forays into the realms of the natural or the divine may be, post-human futures are already imagined and simulated in the milieu of artistic licence
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology) · Futures contract · Natural (archaeology) · Sociology · Art, Technology, and Culture · Cultural Studies and Postmodernism · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Science Education and Perceptions
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |