Mutant Ecologies: Manufacturing Life in the Age of Genomic Capital digital culture felt-tip and watercolor on humble

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Bice Curiger

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Mutant Ecologies: Manufacturing Life in the Age of Genomic Capital digital culture felt-tip and watercolor on humbleMutant Ecologies traces the spinning of new synthetic threads into the web of life. It is a critical cartography of the shifting landscapes of capital accumulation conjured by recent developments in genomic science, genome editing and the biotech industry. CRISPR crops, fast growing salmons, heat resistant Slick cows, Friendly Mosquitoes, humanised mice, pigs growing human organs these are but a few of the dazzling new life forms that have recently