Simone Arcagni – L’intelligenza artificiale e l’algoritmo fanno scoccare la creatività

Ecco l’articolo di Simone Arcagni dove si parla anche del mio nuovo libro “Arte transgenica. La vita è il medium” – Pisa University Press.

L’intelligenza artificiale e l’algoritmo fanno scoccare la creatività
Articolo pubblicato su Nòva – Il Sole 24 Ore il 20 gennaio 2019

 

Bologna. art*science 2017/Leonardo 50 – The New and History. 3 – 5 July 2017

Mario Savini Art Science Bologna

 

Il 4 luglio, in occasione della conferenza scientifica art*science 2017/Leonardo 50 – Il Nuovo e la Storia / The New and History (Bologna, 3 – 5 luglio 2017), presenterò una ricerca dal titolo “Transgenic Art. The new nature as aestheticization of life”. Ecco il programma

On July 4, I will present a research entitled “Transgenic Art. The new nature as aestheticization of life. The appointment is part of the scientific conference art*science 2017/Leonardo 50 – Il Nuovo e la Storia / The New and History. The event will take place in Bologna from 3 to 5 July 2017. Here is the program

My abstract for the “Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science” Conference

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Transgenic Art. Creativity in the Era of Genetic Engineering

 

Abstract

The spread of biotechnology and genetic engineering has developed a new creative thinking in the context of contemporary visual culture where art, science and life evolve into a network of interdependence. Starting from that, the paper analyses the works of important artists who, from the late nineties of the twentieth century, have modeled genetic material to create artistic works. These transgenic representations become a metaphor for cultural hybridisation. They are places of transaction that contradict their documentary size, losing the concept of memory, narration and storage. Artistic objects are replaced by the evanescence of aesthetics, reconsidering the relationship between image and information. This study goes beyond the boundaries of art, trying to understand the reasons of the crisis of its representation. Focusing attention on transgenic art means to say that the artist as a scientist, not only is able to change life, but to reinvent it completely. Attention is also given to mixtures of the various ontological categories where bodies are connected to machines in an intimate or hidden way, questioning the idea of nature and the concept of life. This proposal will try to answer the following questions: how has molecular biology influenced the development of contemporary art? Who is the artist today and what are the new areas of inquiry?

Corfu. Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science. 26 – 28 May, 2017

TTT Corfu Mario Savini Transgenic Art

Il 27 maggio presenterò alla Ionian University di Corfù (Grecia) una ricerca dal titolo “Transgenic Art. Creativity in the Era of Genetic Engineering”. L’appuntamento è parte della conferenza scientifica “Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science” che si svolgerà dal 26 al 28 maggio 2017. Ecco il programma.

On May 27, I will present a research entitled “Transgenic Art. Creativity in the Era of Genetic Engineering” at Ionian University of Corfu (Greece). The appointment is part of the scientific conference “Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science”, which will take place from 26 to 28 May 2017. Here is the program.