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oapen-20.500.12657-494642023-08-01T14:08:34Z The Scientific Imaginary in Visual Culture Smelik, Anneke Literary Collections bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DQ Anthologies (non-poetry) Popular media, art and science are intricately interlinked in contemporary visual culture. This book analyses the ›scientific imaginary‹ that is the result of the profound effects of science upon the imagination, and conversely, of the imagination in and upon science. As scientific developments in genetics, information technology and cybernetics open up new possibilities of intervention in human lives, cultural theorists have explored the notion of the ›posthuman‹. The Scientific Imaginary in Visual Culture analyses figurations of the ›posthuman‹ in history and philosophy, as well as in its utopian and dystopian forms in art and popular culture. The authors thus address the blurring boundaries between art and science in diverse media like science fiction film, futurist art, video art and the new phenomenon of ›bio-art‹. In their evaluations of the scientific imaginary in visual culture, the authors engage critically with current scientific and technological concerns. 2021-06-11T03:30:28Z 2021-06-11T03:30:28Z 2010 book 9783862347568 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49464 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf V&R unipress 10.14220/9783862347568 4986 10.14220/9783862347568 Brill b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783862347568 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) V&R unipress Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Popular media, art and science are intricately interlinked in contemporary visual culture. This book analyses the ›scientific imaginary‹ that is the result of the profound effects of science upon the imagination, and conversely, of the imagination in and upon science. As scientific developments in genetics, information technology and cybernetics open up new possibilities of intervention in human lives, cultural theorists have explored the notion of the ›posthuman‹. The Scientific Imaginary in Visual Culture analyses figurations of the ›posthuman‹ in history and philosophy, as well as in its utopian and dystopian forms in art and popular culture. The authors thus address the blurring boundaries between art and science in diverse media like science fiction film, futurist art, video art and the new phenomenon of ›bio-art‹. In their evaluations of the scientific imaginary in visual culture, the authors engage critically with current scientific and technological concerns.
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