The Possibilities of Media Theory on the Life Science

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16671
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: MASUDA Nobuhiro 立命館大学, 先端総合学術研究科, 非常勤講師 (70726364)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 映像メディア / アニメーション / バイオテクノロジー / バイオアート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

"The Possibilities of Media Theory on the Life Science" is a research project which examines the relationship between media theory and life science in terms of history, theory, and practice. From the historical perspective, it reveals that the life science of 20th century couldn't have developed without image media as a material support. And in the theoretical terms, these developments can be a resource to reconsider the media theory after digital technology. At last, we can observe the movement of Bio Art as a practice embodying these historical and theoretical ideas from the end of 20th century, in order to indicate the media as a place which alternate the definitions of our life dramatically in the interplay of life science and image technology.

Free Research Field

美学・芸術学、映像メディア論