<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv8397368934"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36450"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36449"><div id="yiv8397368934yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_34941">Dear Margherita and List, <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36457"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<div style="text-align:justify;line-height:17.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:270.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36470"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36471" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;line-height:17.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:270.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36472"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488782925596_36473" lang="EN-GB">I
would like briefly to address Margherita’s post referring to a red thread that
connects. I have follwed the bio-art posts with great interest, including
visits to Semina Aeternitatis which, again briefly, I applaud. I hope to see
more of everyone’s work, frankly. But I wanted here to play the role of *recalcitrant
Other* or some form of that, in wondering whether bio-art isn’t something of a
misnomer. I realize or think I realize the interest bio-art as it’s being
presented here has in biodiversity and linguistic diversity. On my
interpretation science and denotation are challenged by bio-art to be more
inclusive of conservation of ecosystems that are increasingly endangered.
Bio-artistic answers are sought by going to 1) scientific labs and 2) societys sanitary
outlets and finding there artistic materials along with technes. I have to
limit myself to these two sources I’ve named. As a neophyte in the practice and
appreciation of bio-art of course my recalcitrance is more limited than I might
like. In any case bio-art discovers materials and technes allowing at least
apparent novelty (the materials are new or newly found; artscience is claimed).
This enables an at least apparent neo ethics. The interesting (at least in part
new) art form *seems* to me misnamed because art (look at its derivation, Greek
harmos, isn’t it?) just is inseparable from the biotic (here art/science do
indeed merge). I’m greatly looking forward to more of course. Best wishes,
William </span></div><div dir="ltr">
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