From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 07:55:05 MDT
On Monday, September 18, 2000 9:19 AM David Lubkin lubkin@unreasonable.com
wrote:
> Eduardo Kac is a Chicago artist who got French geneticists to make him a
> phosphorescent rabbit for his performance art.
>
> See
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/261/nation/Cross_hare_hop_and_glow+.shtml
>
> Are animals as legitimate an artform as orchids and rainbow corn?
I would question "orchids and rainbow corn" as forms of art. What seems to
be lost in this question is the distinction between [fine] art and
decoration.
> Where are the ethical boundaries? What are the ethical considerations?
> What would you create?
I have concerns about using any conscious life form -- which I believe
rabbits are -- for such experiments, especially in this case where the
benefit is pure entertainment.
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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