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TransformismMelanie

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Revital

Cohen


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I somsm, Mele Jkso Rel Coe

ee o ou ompulso o le spe e

mels, objes l ees ou us.

Tey woe ou euy, oemple ou

elosps w boloy me s ey e

lly some by um ey, wee e

mpulse s s o se.

oy, ou emps o ewok ou l

mel wol o ou beles o ow soul be,we e poweul ew ools. Moleul boloy, o-

see eee e oe, pook

sess o em up ll ks o some me:

e-pou bs, uoese s, be

exee esel, ees le up pollus, o-

obos ee um ells. See polms

ew eoluoy e, w we mke lmos

y, we oly ues me . Ye e

ue o ee ew oms objes, wee e

by ee, ese o smply sl ems o wm be possble, s es ol. o ues wee

wee ee, we soul e some pespee o

wee wee ome om.

Mele Jksos esos o mubly

oel oms e ooe e weess o e sul,

sesul, sol, poll se spes o

mels pls, e ees e ewe

ole o mys sy w eses eoloy.

Se s ue by sle, osous my ew

ypes o me, su s lqu ysls, mosopbolol ees sm mels, e eee

Introduction

Nol so

Te As Clys

Sepe Fose

Jo Hs Glley

Revital CohenKingyo Kingdom (Video Still) 2013Ranchu, Amateur Ranchu Competition, Nagoya

Melanie JacksonThe Urpanze (Part 2) 2013


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sble beuse o sle o oele w eme-

lly sele ee, ye ey mp mlly o

ou mosop sul le eome ou

ems o ml bue.

Rel Coes wok exploes emes el o

ue, eoloy, um beou. I pul,

l eues e poue use s es

se e. He ees ese ese mls wee pes, m mls, o l u oes

s e by w moes uees e beees

sess, w s ommoo mes

o ou elosp w ese be l bes.

somsm s e les meso o e

As Clyss exese esos o ow s

pe, ulue oempoy see epe-

ee uee oe oe. I lso ees e

Jo Hs Glleys lo-s ommme o

oss-sply ppoes w oempoy .

Ts s e ollboo bewee e wo o-

sos, bul o ou peous exbos oee:

Aso Blk Mopoloes (2005) Dk Ples (2009).

We woul lke o k ll ose wo e suppoe

Mele Rel w e ommssos.

We woul lso lke o k Isobel Hbso, ou

ou-pook essys. We e ey eul o

As Coul El o s ou suppo o

bo osos e Wellome us o u

Mele Jksos ommsso.

Aboe ll, ou wm ks o o bo ss, wose

so, eo wok e bee sp.

Te plosope Be Sele s ssee

e oe bewee e yms o ulul

el eoluo s sympom o e

oy es eoles moe qukly ulue1,

bu peps ee s moe eply we else.

We e plese o pese s pooe exbo mees o e bos ulos o ou

mel wol exploes ou omplex

elosps w e s we ee, e

poess soe e boues bewee ulue

eoloy.

Noes

1. Be Sele,echnics and ime, 1: Te Fault of

Epimetheus


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somsm s e pe-Dw oe

ml le s eole om peously exse oms

o l me. A we ues somsm

s oo poess, e peps we me

subseque memoposs, wee l osms

olese w eu o pe-l me. Eee

o e s somos ome Cles Dws

(18091882) eoes o bolol eoluo, ow

wely epe ue se eelop-mes ee moo boeoloes.

Coepuls e ex some pse,

weeby um le eus o e o, e

o me, beomes ese s eleo poseses,

oole spes sm eoloy beome el

ps o ou ly les. Ts speule som-

o s spe mu see o poe

exoy oepul pm o plosopes

o eoloy, obje-oee ooloy

ee pols.M Heee (18891996) ws oe su

plosope wo speule o ese sos s

essy, Te Queso Coe eoloy (1954),

wee e woe bou ow eoloy eee

o omple pee um elosps w

Techne & Poesis

Isobel Hbso

Revital CohenKingyo Kingdom (Video Stills), 2013Goldfsh TrophiesJudging, Amateur Ranchu Competition, Nagoya


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Cohens work probes the ethical

and aesthetic parameters o natures

synthesis with technology by pushing

or nudging it slightly urther.

ue. eoloy mus be uesoo s s

ow ooloy, s ow be oe, e oee,

e smply o see um le emey

eey mly. Heee bs o ou eo e

smles o wo Ae Geek ems, poess

( ) me o mke ee ( )

me e es sklls o e sm

[] e m e e s. Illy, bo ems

esbe e poess o b o o exues essee. Wle poess s s uesoo

bo s oepul exese (e b o o

melso o e o om) bolol

(b o le w epoue yle),

ee s s que spe mul o pysl esue

o e speso. Heee oss ese ely

smles w e wee euy eee,

wee e poposes eoloys lms upo ue

beome ee moe oeul bu s boe mp o

ou be ems ukowlee. I s eouspesely beuse e ees o s poess o uques-

oe uoese. Hs w s uee

umbe o moe oempoy eses bou ow

um le eoloy ely o-eole ow

e ous o oe s sply moee ou e les

o e oe. Ioely ee, s exbo, wo

ss b o e o-epeee o ue

boeoloy by le ou e mpo

ompe me o poess, o .

Rel Coes pojes oe es e el oepul pmees o boeoloes, wle

e sme me ee o e o-uoe oes

o ommoy l om. Se s exploe e

peomeo o e ese spees umbe

o wys. I oe peous wok, Rey-o-Use Moels

(2011), Coe oe le ply-e o boos e

seoo leels o s be o be llly epesse,

emp o eese e epesse eees. A

ele poje, Le Suppo (2008), me om e

ees , o quoe e s, usl pou

mls, s se bees lesok. Hee,

ee eyou ws we o peso wose

be pe ws eule by s exoy

Respoy Do. I oe p o e poje,

seeps eome ws moe w e dna o um

pe so , u eul oul sessos, s

ele key m le e bloo Dlyss

Seep. Te s s s o e wok, s popos

us usl mls (e eyou e lmb)

s mes. Le suppo mes pul se

mls e oe suessully use s poses oepes, s well s beuse quesos e es

o uly mls, e poblem ue o l o

mel os beuse plys w ps

symbo elosps bewee spees.

I Coes ew poje, Kyo Kom (Kyo

me ols), se esses e ulul soy

pesol moos o Jpese ols

beees, bo meu poessol. Te ose

ols s e Ru, popul, -ee oe

s e om p be Jp se e


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m-eee euy. W moes ese people

o bee ese pul s, se sks, ow oes

s es poess beome ulul o? W

e e es e? A, moe boly, w oes

me o mke ese poje o l om?

Coes sllo kes seel ps, lu

oumey eo eoe Jpese ols

ompeo pze- eemoy, s well s

me pojeo o ols oo bowl o we.Te so oumey ollows e jouey ou

e ee eues o bee, om ee

busessms spelly ese omes sue o e

s mke ples wee exese s o we ks

e oee o o s olou eus, e

sol s obje-ommoes, pke o bs boxes

sppe bo. Fom ee, Coe skps o e

ols ompeo, e les e lo bees

be we emel bowls o w s e o-

lly splye o jues. Bewee ses, se quesos

beees o e ul moos es

o oe ms spos s Rus es wll

esemble ose o e my Ss (o u lo),

o oes so s sls wll esemble

e sk em o kmoo. Complexes o-

es bou.

I ompy wok, mo o Ru

swmm s pojee om boe ow oo

we emel bowl e sme s ose use o ompe-

o sply. W Coes mesmes, swl

s esembles e ypl expeee o obse

e s u ese ompeos, el ewpo

psse ow om eeo o eeo, se

ompeos be e pe-e lsswe.

Ts pul ee pespee, ow eemol

e pm, plees e lel slouees

e oous e bo-eeee oly.

Te plump uks es e exee o

empsse e le, ye e empss mpees emoeme s ey swm, eumbee by bse osl

s (be o o-exsee) bows empsse

by beees slpel. Tey e lely sow-s, e

efe yoym eebes. Coes wok

pobes e el ese pmees o ues

syess w eoloy by u slly ue.

W e e eees bewee l osm

muue ommoy? C we sll ssume y

exlusy bewee eoes, we so mu o w

we e, e o ow ow s emee by boeoloy,

boemsy o boeee? A we we oue

o es moy l elemes, ow m s

e-u o ee upo ou ow s, quly

oepo o ul le?

I ey ee sllo, s Mele

Jkso peses wok less oee w e uy

ley o se es e mome o

pss u w oe om eoles o s eelope

o oe. I e sllo Te Upze (P 2),

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(17491832) oep o e eypl o pml pl

w e s esbe oespoee o s e

Cloe Vo Se, soly beoe e publse

Te Memoposs o Pls (1790). Ao o

Goee, e upze ws osm oe

w e ee eee o ll peous pl

oms s well s e poel o eee ll uue

oes; s boy s poy s oumey o

eoluos sey psse. Fo Jkso, e Upzeepeses ees subje bo beyo

ul see, moel o k ou su-

os oss sol, poll s speums.

Jksos wok ee ompses om book,

eo pojeo, s well s sulpue sll-

o o eos seee o moos. Te om book

mes o oeso bewee e s

Bs we Ese Lesle, e subje o w ws

expse, s om Goees oy eoy e

bk o e Geek my o Poeus s mw uue-ell pbly bu lluse u om,

e plu o e eep qu om wee Ees

Hekels eee euy mosop ws o

sle-ell ols wee plumbe, o o

Blossels ely oly opomop poo-

ps o pl le. Fom ee e oeso

ome ou e lyss o e ysls o

Loos o Cysl Ple (18541936) s

sol se o ommoy sply, om

olk-lue ul ylls o eel bue o e

ompoee o eelly moe m poue,

om e s uses o ly o e eelopme o

3d pes e me mllebly o cgi.

Te ous o Jksos wok s o o ese objes

o subjes loe, e eey o sss, bu o

e u, lqu o pls spes o e oms

e ebly o e es. Te peome

pesee e oe se eolol bu

e sequee, olleely ee upo e

se queso o w s o mke , e ysll-so poess we e kes om, e mel

sol oos w w s poue.

I e eo pul, Jkso pys eo

o e exue o ese somos, e omplex

ppee o us s ey eeze, k mel.

Lqu ysls ke some pomee, mosop

ooe o peoleum olous ppl oss e

sue, u ssol els. I oe

sequee, e ysls e o e p

olou o plm le sues em s oempoy

The Urplanze represents an

interesting subject both in and

beyond natural science, a mode

or model or thinking through

transgurations across social,

political and artistic spectrums.


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oueps o e oy Upze. Esselly,

lqu ysls e olleos o plly oee mole-

ules ombe e qules o oeol lqu

sol ysls, e ppee oe o w

es o o e suou subses o

ee e we. Bo Jkso Lesle e

sue em le lbooes, u

w me s ooe ws eoe. Tese ysls

e me o bo o o moleules,e uo o ue see e by moe

eoloy. Lqu ysls e eeywee ow

sply ees om ompue moos lpop

sees, tvs, loks, sos, o sysems.

Tes s e membe see oe boys e

ows oe, esly see ou e moo

o see. I Lesles wos,

Te lqu ysl s seepe eeywee s -

ee o oms e me emseles spesble

o moe le. Ts om om sel o y om,

y y messe. I be y ou s oe

lso e sme Cell membes e lqu-yslle

ue. dna s lqu ysl. We e lqu ysls.

Jksos s expse, mbous ue

wok o esly euble o usoy espo. He

eo o e llusoy sue exues o poe

oms s o solely ee o lqu ysls bu

exes mepolly o oe sol se

eelopmes ( ol Jk--e-Beslk

beomes moe ee ses, o ysls sel-

ose o ple wose sply uo es

osume soey oee). Peps mos eesly,

e wok es w eeo o e ew ue

sk o e oempoy s jus s Coes

wok eoses e ple o e pou ese

elo o e moe boeolos.Jksos el quy seems o be bou e moe

e o epesee sulpue e l e, om

Geek myoloys mopoloy o ul boloy,

om e poue o e ly oy oo o e poess

o 3d p. Sly, e sulpul quy s

bou ow eo ojuo w ee-

mesol om emboy bo ks o oempo-

y pysl eoue, ow s oe o see s

e es.

Hee, Lesles poposo o um olesee we moleul suue o e sees lqu ysl

s pu o pe; eo plsm sees

epese ou eues w su ysl ly woul

seem eely el, s me lmos mpeepble.

Coes wok lso plys o eoloys ees,

sues solly ow we see o jue

m epe o w spe wee sow. Re

e wok, e ewes eo s e bewee


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e wll-moue see bowl om boe. We

ssume ey pul ew o e Ru e

by oue eoloy. I bo woks, eoloys

ooloy m be bly el.

A wle ee woks seem o be ely

oem e es o boeoloy, ee

e blely exoll s ues. Bo woks, ey

ee wys, poe lee pespees o e

le be o s mplemeo s well ss s py o uue e. Coe Jkso

e o loe e eeous. Dm es

see e lwys yele ew mel o (bo

plosopl el) ow s o ee.

A s umbe o oempoy ss -

olly soeys sul oos e ow wok

oss e o me om sulpue sllo

o eo l m o sulse oem-

ple e mp o ew eoloes o ly le. A

wle eoloys oos emees e sllul, s peps ou we s ou

ze sews bes ee o ow s mo-

os e ully el. Hee s exbo, e

Coes wok, we se ow o ese boes

peps sk ouseles o oly ow, bu wy. I Jksos,

we wess e ebbs ows o moo ou

e sme ysl boes u, osee, moy us.

Hee, poess ee eue. Pespees m

well e.

Isobel Hbso s Loo-bse uo,

w o mzes lu eze, Kleosope,

Moe Pes e E, s well s eully

obu o ss loues moops.

Se s u oom exbo w E Aks

emple B Glley Dubl. Hbso s ahrc

ool e e A Depme, Golsms,

Loo.



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Mele Jksos wok somsm oms e

seo p o e oo eso o mubly

somo kes s le om Goees

oep o my pml pl, e Upze,

oe ole up w e poel o

uul ll possble uue oms. Coempoy see

lkewse mes e poel o ow o p y

om we me, by es pysl, eml

bolol uo s subse bepomme o be.

Jksos wok bes e bol e

looks o e lbooy, om ly ps o e oy

oo, om loue o l ly, om s ow

me pxels o e eo o e see

sees o mo me woks em sulpues.

Se s ollboe w Ese Lesle o ex

s ome e wok ew publo,

Te U-peomeo, sbue s p o

e exbo.

Melanie Jackson

The Urpfanze (Part 2)


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Mele Jkso bs ee opes o mk

o eoe possbles o epeseo s

e ee pes o e wol. Se s eese

wys w ou e s oue ou

e mel, mu o e wok s exploe s

s e oex o wok, pouo e ow o

eol pl. Se s uely es e

elosps bewee ue eoloy ou

sees o expemes w u o, eeoloes lble o e. Mele s leue e

Sle Sool o Fe A. He solo exbos lue

Te Upze (P 1), Te Dw Room, Loo

(2010), Ro Ael, Aol, Bsol (2007), Me I

C, Ms Glley, Loo (2005). Se wo e

Jewoo Dw Pze 2007. www.melejkso.e

Melanie JacksonThe Urpanze (Part 2) 2013 Still


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Melanie JacksonThe Urpanze (Part 2) 2013 (Stills)


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I Kyo Kom, Rel Coe exploes e eus

o s e bee ese o ese puposes,

queso e eos use o e l e-

ues. Does oe eome mpule osm s

obje, pou, ml o pe? W osequees

oes s el o ou eels beous?

Coes ees e ulul peepos

eses o ml-s-pou ook e o Jp

wee exo ols e bee eelope oe eu-

es o meulous ulo; bee ou osl s

sulp kmoo-lke Ru s ls. Kyo

Kom exploes e uque ulue o beees,

olleos oosseus w ooe om e

Jpese ol ols ompeo, queso

e es ommoo o s spees.

Revital Cohen

Kingyo Kingdom

Rel Coe s s ese wo eelops

l objes pooe seos explo e

juxposo o e ul w e l. He wok

sps oss ous meums lues ollbo-

os w sess, boess, ml beees

pyss. Se esbls e suo 2008,

se s bee exb leu eolly

w e oexs loos om se

em oeees o llees es

s. Se s e ue we o e See Museums

Eme As Commsso. www.oeble.om

Revital CohenKingyo Kingdom (Video Stills), 2013

Judging, All Japan Ranchu Competition, NagoyaMr Ito's House, Yokohama


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Revital CohenKingyo Kingdom (Video Stills), 2013Goldfsh MarketAmateur Ranchu Competition, Nagoya


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Revital CohenKingyo Kingdom (Video Stills), 2013Mr Ito's House, Yokohama (top) Mr Ito's roo top Ranchu pools


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Pied n te ain te exiitin:

ranrmim: Meanie Jakn & Revita Cen

Jn Hanard Gaery | 22 Janary9 Mar 2013

Cmmiined y Te Art Catayt. Oranied in

partnerip wit te Jn Hanard Gaery.

ISBN: 9780854329588

A avaiae a an e-k

Pied y: Jn Hanard Gaery

Univerity Stamptn, Stamptn so17 1bj

www.anardaery.r.k

Jn Hanard Gaery i part te Univerity

Stamptn and pprted in pi ndin y

Art Cni Enand

Piatin Dein: Adrian Hnt

Print: LPC, Hampire E-k: Lia Hake

A imae rtey te artit ne terwie tated.

2012, Jn Hanard Gaery, te artit, ptraper,

deiner and atr. A rit reerved. N part

ti piatin may e ed r reprded in any

manner witt prir permiin.

Revita Cen: a pt y Cen van Baen

Aiated Event:Syntei: Syntei Biy in Art and Siety

Hed at UCL and Te Art Catayt

Oranied y Te Art Catayt and ucl wit

Synteti Aeteti and SymitiA

49 Jy 2011

Nve Frm and New Materiaitie

Hed at Te Art Catayt

22 Jne 2012

Cratin Lie: Materiaity, Siene and eny

Hed at Jn Hanard Gaery

26 Janary 2013

Meanie Jakn, Urpanze (Part 2)

Exiitin ed at Fat-ime He

24 Mar 201312 May 2013

Y an wat tee rerded event nine:

www.artatayt.r

Acknowledgments

Revita wd ike t tank: Kyk aiana at S-Air,

r van Baen, mk Kaawa, Miik Nitta,

Mean Rder, Dr Rae Rdman

Meanie wd ike t tank: Leatter Jn (r te

e i tware prramme reter and te e

te enerative/aritmi trak enerative/max),Spie Eae, Zedekia, Wyin Art Centre, Artwrk MK,

Ry Jakn, Ezra Jakn, Sade S Fine Art, ucl,

Ia Sarez, Eter Leie, Prer Jn Gdy and

Dr Stepen Cwin (Materia Cemitry Reear

Grp, Univerity Yrk), Adrian Hnt, Nia ritt,

Giean Dikie.

Te Art Catayt wd ike t tank: Stepen Fter,

R Carter & team (Jn Hanard Gaery), Prer

Jn Ward and Dr Jane Grery (SynBin, ucl),Aexandra Daiy Giner, Dr Aitair Ek and

Dr Jane Cavert (Synteti Aeteti), Orn Catt

(SymitiA, Te Univerity Wetern Atraia),

Caire Lie Stantn (Fat ime He).

Jn Hanard Gaery wd ike t tank: a taf at

Te Art Catayt, in partiar Nia ritt, Giean

Dikie, Cadia Latra, J Fe and Lia Hake;

Ie Harin; and, a ever, a jhg taf r teir ard

wrk in reaiin te exiitin, epeiayJian Grater and Za Zkaei.

ranrmim i pprted in pi ndin y

Art Cni Enand. Meanie Jakn mmiin

a een pprted y a Weme rt Art Award

and te Sade S Fine Art and Revita Cen y

S-Air Japan.


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