Art and Biotechnology: Viral Culture from Crispr to Covid

＂This interdisciplinary anthology examines the relationship between biomedical advancement and both artistic and literary innovation, focussing in particular on how newfound molecular technologies and knowledge regimes, such as CRISPR-Cas 9 genome editing, alter conceptions of what it means to be human. The book presents 25 essays, split across five parts, from a coterie of artists, scientists, and theorists, which examine the symbiotic relationship between humans, animals, and viruses as well as the impossibility of germ-free existence, it is essential reading for students and researchers focussing on focusing on science and art, environmental humanities, ethics＂--

Claire Nettleton is the Academic Curator at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, USA, where she was curator of Parisian Ecologies (2022) and organizer of 15 Viral Culture programs including the ＂COVID-19, Bioart and Society＂ events. She is the author of The Artist as Animal in 19th-Century French Literature (2019) and multiple articles including in Dix-Neuf and Nineteenth-Century French Studies.

Louise Mackenzie is an artist and researcher. She is a lecturer in Contemporary Art Practice at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK, and a Director at ASCUS Art & Science, Edinburgh, UK. Recent publications include BioProtopia (2023) and Viral Experiments (2023) and she exhibits nationally and internationally, including The Stars Beneath Our Feet (2015-22) and BE THE SEA (2023).