Creative Systems:
Memory, Media, Bio Art

The artists featured for the plenary lectures of Source to Code, Paul Vanouse and Jennifer & Kevin McCoy, capitalize on early historical combinations of art and cybernetics to create provocative and whimsical responses to the cultures of media habitat, body, and science. Paul Vanouse spoofs on the celebrations of genomics and biotechnologies to wonder about the roles of race and gender in universal scientific approaches. Himself hailing from Oswego, New York, Vanouse frequently acts the part of bemused scientist in public performances. Jennifer and Kevin McCoy’s multimedia artworks examine the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory and language. They are well known for constructing subjective databases of narrative material and making fragmentary miniature film sets with lights, video cameras, and moving sculptural elements to create live cinematic events. Jennifer McCoy’s Cornell liberal arts training (BA, Film, 1990) exemplifies the Goldsen’s aim to provide liberal arts research opportunities to further the intellectual and creative dimensions of artistic practice. The fruits of such research-oriented approaches to the arts are championed by conceptual artists and international competitions focused on the bio arts.

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