Silliman’s Theme

Posted on October 16, 2012

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Reoccurring Theme: Beat Poetry

I chose this the theme of beat poetry because I find that era of poetry fascinating and I admire the spirit of the times and the non conformist values they held. I believe it was a time of spiritual awakening these poets challenged the traditional views society deemed as being normal and dared to ask the important question of why? this form of poetry is like an introspective view on society.  This type of poetry speaks to me on a personal level because I often find myself trying to make sense of the world I live. I especially like the fact that the views on our society and culture vary so differently from person to person.

Christian Bok’s the Xenotext Experiment

Posted on October 16, 2012

I find it extremely interesting that Christian Bok chose to encode his work into living matter in this case a bacteria strand called, “Deinococcus radiodurans”. The XenoText Experiment takes using art and technology to new heights. This form of bacteria is extremely resilient and is able to withstand an atomic blast. The significance of this is your work could potentially out live the human race and live on in this simple organism. This marks a new era  for art and potential art forms.