Viral Behaviors

"In a new era of global virology, Viral Behaviors examines the cultural, material and artistic significance of viruses and viral phenomena. Presenting a rich variety of case studies stemming from different areas of interest-including literature, graphic design and scientific visualization, performance and installation art, bioart and fine art-it shows how the numerous attempts by artists, scientists and professionals to tackle, represent and appropriate viruses and their intricate dynamism can lead to new nuanced and sophisticated understandings of these substances and their related phenomena, and reveals the contribution of non-measurable or non-traditional practices in their construction and dissemination"--

Roberta Buiani is Assistant Professor and coordinator of the NewONE, an interdisciplinary program at New College, University of Toronto, Canada and artistic director of the ArtSci Salon at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Canada. She is a Scholar in Residence at Sensorium, Centre for Digital Arts and Technology , York University, Canada.

List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. Virological Ambiguities 3. Navigating the Unfamiliar: strategies of coping 4. Imagining Viruses 5. From a Distance 6. Situated Epidemiologies 7. Affective Epidemiologies 8. Breaking the Binaries, Embracing the Viral 9. Towards new viral methodologies Bibliography Index