Corpus Extremus (LIFE+) March 14, 2009

'Corpus Extremus (LIFE+),' the second exhibition of Exit Arts Curatorial Incubator Program, will present work by artists who are using bio- and media-technologies to investigate questions of life and death. Representative of a relatively new international trend, these artists are uniting science and art to challenge conventional understanding of both fields. The artworks in this exhibition deal with the transformation of our notions of life and death due to the implementation of biotechnological advances in everyday life. The work presented in 'Corpus Extremus (LIFE+)' is often composed of living matter and is intended to pose ethical questions about life and death, and such developments as the patenting of life. One of the objectives of the show is to raise issues about micro-life, artificially cultured cells, viruses, and bacteria in order to confront our anthropocentric hierarchies.