Critical Art Ensemble (USA) / Biography
IMMOLATION

Immolation uses tissue culture and high-end microscopy to create a different way of visualizing the cost of the illegal use of incendiary weapons by the United States in the Middle East and elsewhere. In addition to microscopic imagery, Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) incorporates war footage where used fire bombs against civilian targets have been used as a strategic choice to terrorizing entire populations. The goal of Immolation is to provide a different way of imaging the human costs of these war crimes, other than the barrage of media imagery to which we have become so desensitized.


VIDEO DOCUMENTATION: Producing Immolation (09:48), AU/US, in English, color, stereo, DVD, 2007
PHOTO CREDITS: Critical Art Ensemble, Immolation, 2007, stills from a color video. © 2007 Critical Art Ensemble

NOARK
THE LIVING SCREEN
MOIST MEDIA ARCHIVES: 
LIVING VIRAL TATTOOS

HYMNEXT
THE HARLEQUIN'S COAT
IMMOLATION
The Tissue Culture & Art Project: Oron Catts / Ionat Zurr
BioKino Group: Tanya Visosevic / Guy Ben-Ary
 
Tagny Duff
Julia Reodica
Orlan
Critical Art Ensemble

CONTENTS

DVD-ROM 1
I. ARTIFICIAL BUT ACTUAL: Artificial Life
II. LIMITS OF MODELING: Evolutionary Design
III. SHINING PROSTHESES: Robotics

DVD-ROM 2
IV. BODY AS TECHNOLOGY: Techno-body Modification
V. MORE THAN A COPY, LESS THAN NOTHINGNESS: Bio and Genetic Engineering
VI. SEMI-LIVING: Tissue and Stem Cells Engineering
VII. POST SCRIPTUM: Re-Coding