Themes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Family

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Andrew James
dc.contributor.authorDreyer, Elfriede
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-29T06:16:49Z
dc.date.available2009-10-29T06:16:49Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn this article Patricia Piccinini's We are Family of 2003 is considered in terms of the concept of the genetic homunculus, which can be understood as the product of artifice. The genetically engineered human being is investigated within the context of alchemic and post-human discourse, with specific reference to the ideas of Donna Haraway and Jean Baudrillard. It is maintained that, although it is as yet impossible to accurately predict what the outcomes of such forays into the realms of the natural or the divine may be, post-human futures are already imagined and simulated in the milieu of artistic licence.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSmith, AJ & Dreyer, E 2009, 'Themes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Family', De Arte, no. 79, pp. 23-33. [http://journals.sabinet.co.za/ej/ejour_dearte.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-3389
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/11659
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUnisa Pressen_US
dc.rightsUnisa Pressen_US
dc.subjectThemesen
dc.subjectPatricia Piccinini's sculptural installationen
dc.subject.lcshGenetic engineeringen
dc.subject.lcshHomunculus (Fictitious character)en
dc.subject.lcshPiccinini, Patricia -- Themes, motivesen
dc.subject.lcshPiccinini, Patricia. We are familyen
dc.subject.lcshHuman beings -- Simulation methodsen
dc.titleThemes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Familyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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