EDUARDO KAC

Specimen of Secrecy About Marvelous Discoveries

General view of Eduardo Kac's "Specimen of Secrecy about Marvelous Discoveries" at Singapore Biennale
 Eduardo Kac, Apsides
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Photo: Haupt & Binder
Collection Valerio Ferrari

EXHIBITION GENERAL VIEW 1

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"Specimen of Secrecy about Marvelous Discoveries" is a series of works comprised of what Kac calls "biotopes", that is, living pieces that change during the exhibition in response to internal metabolism and environmental conditions. Each of Kac's biotopes is literally a self-sustaining ecology comprised of thousands of very small living beings in a medium of earth, water, and other materials. The artist orchestrates the metabolism of these organisms in order to produce his constantly-evolving living works.

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EXHIBITION CHECKLIST
(Click here to see larger views of all six biotopes)


Hullabaloo
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Oblivion
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Theorem
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Apsides
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Collection Valerio Ferrari
Clairvoyance
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.
Odissey
Biotope, 19 X 23" (48.2 x 58.4 cm), 2006.


Exhibition History

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