—— Forwarded Message
From: "Sixteen Beaver" <lists@16beavergroup.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:24:39 -0500 (CDT)
To: general@16beavergroup.org
Subject: Friday 10.29.04 – MIT Symposium – Bioart, Biotech, and
Biopolitics


Friday 10.29.04 – MIT Teach In – Bio-art, Biotech, and Bio-politics

CONTENTS:
1. About this Friday
2. Questions
3. Introduction
4. Schedule – 8 Short Talks
5. About Participants
6. Useful Links
7. Address – Directions

PLEASE NOTE:
This event is not taking place at our New York space, but will be at MIT
in Boston.
For readings+ more info please visit our MIT page

http://www.16beavergroup.org/MIT
http://www.16beavergroup.org/

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1. About this Friday

What: 8 short talks on bio-art, biotech, and bio-politics When: Friday
October 29, 2004 1-6 pm

Where: CAVS at MIT (N52-390) is located on the 3rd floor of 265
Massachusetts Avenue, next to the MIT Museum. For more info, call
617.452.2484 or http://web.mit.edu/cavs/

Who: Klare Allen, Gene Benson, Sujatha Byravan , Beatriz da Costa,
Jonathan King, Eugene
Thacker , Nato Thompson, Charles Weiner, Faith Wilding

Building a Critical Public for the Biotech Century 8 short talks on bio-art,
biotech, and bio-politics

Is a one day event we are organizing this friday in collaboration with
MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Please feel free to participate
especially if you are in the MIT area, and to forward the email friends
who might be interested in the Boston area.

This event is a follow-up/result of the talk we had in summer in relation
to the actions taken by the US Government against artist, professor and
activist Steve Kurtz and the Critical Art Ensemble.
http://www.16beavergroup.org/monday/archives/001073.php#more


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2. some questions
generating the discussion

What is the relation of art and politics?
How should artists play a role in society as activists, catalysts, and
critics?
As the Steve Kurtz case unfolds, we ask these perennial questions in
relation to others:
What are the politics of biotechnology under global capitalism, especially
at a time of open-ended war?
What are the private and public institutions that govern its development
and control its interpretation and use?
What should be the status of biological expertise and biological literacy
in a democracy?
Is freedom of speech relevant to contemporary science, and is freedom of
research relevant to contemporary art?
How do critical artists and socially engaged scientists relate to one
another, and to the multiple movements around the world