Preface by Alan N. Shapiro 9 Introduction 19 CHAPTER 1 NATURE

Preface by Alan N. Shapiro
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Introduction
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CHAPTER 1
NATURE, ART, NEW TECHNOLOGIES
1.1
Nature, Man and Art
1.2
Nature and Second Nature
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1.3
New Technologies and Science in Artistic Creation
35
1.4
Technologies of the Living and Nature
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CHAPTER 2
REAL VEGETABLES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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2.1
Piotr Kowalski's Dressage d'un cône ("Erecting a Cone")
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2.2
Nissim Merkado's Jardin bio-acoustique ("Bio-acoustic Garden")
62
2.3
The Technological Ecosystems of Erik Samakh
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2.3.1
The Bamboos
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2.4
Plants Grow in the Web: Telegarden and Teleporting an Unknown State
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2.4.1
Telegarden by Ken Goldberg
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2.4.2
Teleporting an Unknown State by Eduardo Kac
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2.5
Naturale che piove: fare il bello ed il cattivo tempo ("It's Raining, Naturally:
Making Good and Bad Weather") by Nicola Toffolini
2.6
91
II mondo ridotto a minimi termini ("The World Reduced to Minimal Terms")
by Alessandro Quaranta
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CHAPTER 3
ARTIFICIAL VEGETABLES: ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL
3.1
The Gardens of Pietro Mussini and of Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
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3.1.1
Giardino Cablato ("Cabled Garden") by Pietro Mussini
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3.1.2
The Gardens of the Future of Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
115
3.2
Je sème à tout vent ("Sow to the Four Winds") by Edmond Couchot,
Michel Bret, Marie-Hélène Tramus
3.3
3.3.1
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From the Forest to the Shade of the Tree: Tamas Waliczsk,
Bill Viola and Alain Josseau
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The Forest by Tamas Waliczky
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3.3.2
The Tree of Knowledge by Bill Viola
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3.3.3
Arbre ("Tree") by Alain Josseau
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3.4
Osmose by Char Davies
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CHAPTER 4
VEGETABLES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF THE LIVING
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.5.1
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.5.4
4.5.5
4.5.6
The Trees of Piero Guardi
Interactive Plant Growing and Trans Plant by Christa Sommerer and
Laurent Mignonneau
Nerve Garden by Bruce Damer
The Bamboos of Jean-Louis Boissier
Genetically Modified Vegetables
Considerations on Transgenic and Biotech Art
The Hybrids of George Gessert
Rearming the Spineless Opuntia by Amy Youngs
Plant Anima by Aniko Meszaros
Natural Reality SuperWeed Kit 1.0 by Heath Bunting
OneTrees by Natalie Jeremijenko
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