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March 10, 2006
Welcome to Endless Forms: Engaging Evolution
Now more than ever, the concepts, practices, and influences of evolutionary biology
communicate experiences of evolution in contemporary life and culture. How do we
understand these experiences? The mechanisms of natural selection, sexual selection,
migration, mutation, and genetic drift are common in biological systems, yet they are
frequently misunderstood. How do we understand and interpret these mechanisms in
society? How can we communicate these concepts in ways that also engage our senses?
We broadcast a call for creative work that explores the diversity of forms communicating,
commenting on, and engaging mechanisms of evolutionary change and the science of
evolutionary biology.
The responses varied. We recieved submissions largely from artists in six countries and
across many different types of media and traditions. In this exhibition, we bring together
those works that, through their forms and content, demonstate the comical, impassioned,
and sometimes sublime experiences of everyday evolutonary mechanisms.
As you move through this space try to locate and identify each of these mechanisms in the
work. Ask yourself, "How do these mechanisms affect and interact with my life and the
lives of those around me?" Can you spot these mechanisms at home, at the supermarket,
on the street, or in the movies? What do your friends and family notice? Ask them.
Posted by gharp at March 10, 2006 12:18 AM