DNAを月へと打ち上げる!? アートが探求する、死後に「遺すもの」の可能性
このカバーストーリーでは、サンフランシスコのアーティスト、エイミー・カールによる画期的な「デジタルな死後」の探求が取り上げられています。彼女の最新プロジェクトでは、参加者のDNA、メッセージ、イメージ、バイオメトリクスが月に打ち上げられ、未来の人類や他の生命体に遺産として発見されることを目指しています。このビジョナリーなアート作品は、時間を超えた遺産を創り出し、未来の文明に対する深遠な問いかけを提供します。
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Exploring The Potential of Art as a “Heterotopia” with Local Communities: Sapporo International Art Festival Review
Amy Karle's interactive installation Echoes from the Valley of Existence at the Sapporo International Art Festival employs modern technology to articulate our 'bio-digital echoes,' allowing viewers to leave behind their DNA and text messages, which will be sent to the moon. This work delves into the ephemeral nature of human existence, inviting reflection on the legacy and interpretation of life in a future where the boundaries of death are extended by digital and biological technologies.
Wired Podcast SIAF AS A TOOL #3 with Guest Amy Karle (Future Theater Participating Artist)
WIRED Japan interviews artist Amy Karle in this podcast. Their discussion focuses on the impacts of technology and biotechnology on health, humanity, society, and the future, and her installation Echoes from the Valley of Existence at the Sapporo International Art Festival (SIAF Triennial) which explores the ephemeral nature of human existence in a future where digital and biological technologies enable life beyond physical death, provoking questions about the legacy and interpretation of human existence by future generations or extraterrestrial beings. (In Japanese and English).
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Wikipedia | Amy Karle
"Amy Karle (born 1980) is an American artist, bioartist and futurist. She creates work that looks forward to a future where technology can support and enhance the human condition. She was named in BBC's 100 women, as one of the 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019. Her work questions what it means to be human, with an emphasis on exploring the relationship between technology and humanity; particularly how technology and biotechnology impacts health, humanity, evolution and the future. She combines science and technology with art and is known for using live tissue in her works.…
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Regenerating the human body with art: Amy Karle’s bio-artistic proposal
"Amy Karle is an American bioartist who has ventured into 3D sculpture, performance and even fashion with designs made in the likeness of veins, arteries and internal organs of the human being."
What is bioart? Explaining famous works and artists
The "beauty" of the mysterious body inside "Regenerative Reliquary" by Amy Karle is a "human hand bone" made with a 3D printer and human stem cells. It is a work that reproduces. The artist, Amy Karle, has birthed many works using 3D printers on the theme of expanding physical functions. This work, which was born from the idea of "I want to grow the exoskeleton of my whole body," won the Grand Prix at the "YouFab Global Creative Award 2017." Karle is also known for other works such as dresses that express the inside of the human body and dresses…
Harper’s BAZAAR 2020年1．2月合刊號
この号のHarper's BAZAARでは、エイミー・カールの画期的な作品が取り上げられており、彼女の未来志向のアプローチが強調されています。カールは、人間とテクノロジーの相互作用を探求するアーティストとして、テクノロジーがどのように人間の経験を変革できるかを問いかけています。
Hills Life (a Conde Nast Publication) | Transformation of Capitalism & Happiness
To eliminate inequality, current system needs to be replaced or regulated… In my line of research, my concerns about capitalism revolve around inequality. For example: if we can heal and enhance the body with biotechnology, bionics, enhancements, replacement parts or replacement organs under a system of capitalism this would only be available to the wealthy and could create a super-race of humans only available to the rich. We already see this to a certain degree in America with access to quality healthcare being available to the rich. In my perspective, this is a system that must change and be regulated…
Mori Art Museum | Future and the Arts Exhibition Catalogue (book)
Includes text about Amy Karle’s 5 artworks in the exhibition Future and the Arts: AI, Robotics, Cities, Life - How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow (translated)
Art and Culture DNA
The Mori Art Museum has been planning cross-genre theme exhibitions that combine contemporary art with historical and scientific materials. This time, we have expanded the field further and created cutting-edge technologies such as AI, biotechnology, robotics, and AR (augmented reality) and art created under the influence of them ... Bio-artist Amy Karle In addition to the three bodies from the project to make clothes with the motif of organs such as human nerves and lungs and internal tissues. (translated)
These artists and performers are biohacking in incredible ways
From mind-reading prosthetics to a super-human drumming arm, meet the mavericks blurring the lines of art and science through their work. “Do I see a future where we can grow our own body parts and organs? Yes, I can envision that future, but it brings up a lot of ethical and moral issues,” warns Karle. “This is where bigger exploration comes into play and we really have to consult a lot of different fields – philosophers, ethicists and policy makers – [before we go ahead], not just have the ability to do it scientifically. We have to think about our…
Richesse No.27
この号のRichesseでは、アジアの急速な発展、特にシンガポールやマカオにおける超富裕層に注目しています。また、アートとテクノロジーの融合に取り組むアーティスト、エイミー・カールの作品が紹介されており、彼女の未来志向のアプローチが強調されています。カールは、人間とテクノロジーのシナジーを探求し、そのビジョンを通じて社会に革新的な視点を提供しています。
“Art Science Is. Transformation of the World Guided by Art Science” (book)
Art and science. When these two seem to be in totally different areas meet, they will open up a new vision for the future that we have never imagined. This book is an overview of the scene and the forefront of the scene, summarizing the efforts and voices of the pioneers who keep going both art and science and both, and belong to both of them. It is a book. While introducing critical works such as media art, biotechnology, artificial intelligence / artificial life, robotics, VR / AR, etc., by knitting the critical viewpoints of practitioners, we approach the significance…
The destination of media art and future advertising communication
Alternatively, American artist Amy Karle's "Regenerative Reliquary" was one of the most talked-about works at the venue. There are various relics in the world, such as the tongue, hands, and foreskin of saints, but this work aims to create relics that can be revived with the power of biotechnology, and is gelled with a 3D printer. The material is shaped into the shape of a hand skeleton, and human stem cells are injected into it.
DEATH-LIFE Output＿What we should do for a good death might be to hold hands
“We are now faced with the problem of "digital death". Even if your body passes away, your presence may be sustained by information archived in digital space, such as social media, and even by AI.” – Amy Karle
DEATH-LIFE Process＿In 2050, the boundaries of life and death become more vague, and we have digital remains.
"SPHENOIDS" is one of works focusing on the functional beauty of Amy's bones. A beautiful butterfly "bone" in the shape of a butterfly inside a human skull is shaped by outputting it from a real 3D scan data using a 3D printer. The sphenoid houses the pituitary gland and holds the sinus. credit: Amy Karle
DEATH-LIFE Introduction-Roppongi Hills over tombs. Animism and the present of death seen in Aoyama cemetery
The discussion theme for the "DEATH-LIFE TOKYO" team is the future life and death of Tokyo, one of the most aging cities in the world. Tokyo's aging rate (percentage of the elderly population in the population) is estimated to reach 23.2% in 2020 and 33.7% in 2060 (*). In addition, some researchers believe that the life expectancy will reach 100 years by 2045 due to advances in medical technology and so on.
Reproduce the human hand with a bio hack. Mariko Nishimura to Amy Karle, an artist who asks a new view of life
Work name Amy Karle, a bio artist who won the YouFab Global Creative Award 2017 Grand Prix for "Regenerative Reliquary." Amy's visit to Japan in San Francisco, interviewed by Mariko Nishimura, HEART CATCH representative who connects technology and creative. What is the new view of life in the bio era that has been seen from the dialogue between two people running around in different fields powerfully?
Why Bioartist Amy Karle Expresses the Inside of Humans Through Fashion
‘Karle: I have always thought about what humans and identity are, and how to express identity in a form that is visible to the eye and tangible to the touch. That's why my art is a very personal thing that exposes my inner self to others. ... "My greatest challenge is to explore the meaning of the body, to feel the interior of the body, and to express the body. Therefore, for me, fashion and bioart are techno…’ (translated)
