Abstract

The presence of artists in biotechnology laboratories marks an important turning point in the history of cross-art science relationships : henceforth, cooperation between scientists and artists is no longer confined to the representation of a scientific object, but touches on the common creation of living beings. How to describe this bio-artistic creativity and its relationship with biotechnology? This paper will attempt to provide some answers to this question. We will discuss the relationship between biotechnology and society and the market to show that this new “environment” makes possible and includes the emergence of interdisciplinary practices such as bioart. We will resume the previous analyzes to determine more precisely the relationship between biotechnology and bioart. Finally, we will ask ourselves what the ultimate societal significance of this new bio-artistic creativity is.