Abstract
The paper discusses topics such as bioart, in the perspective of a cultural phenomenon, present in contemporary Polish and world art. The space of contemporary art, which as a material of expression uses specialist knowledge in the field of bioengineering and tissue culture along with living material, has been a challenge for artists and analysts of art, culture, science and ethics for years. The activity of Eduardo Kac is recalled as well as the Polish bioartist, Karolina Żyniewicz. In her projects, the artist collaborates with scientists, building an interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences. These deliberations are supplemented with literature on bioethics: positions, opinions and other regulatory documents (The Committee for Bioethics PAS, the Council of Europe, CIOMS, UNESCO) in the context of non-medical and artistic activities.
 The paper is an attempt to find answers to questions about the way in which new bioethical regulations should be updated and formulated. What bioethical strategies should be taken in this historical moment of our time, where an artwork is both artistic and also strictly scientific?
Highlights
Radicality in the process of redefining concepts as avant-garde artistic and cognitive strategies is the basis for an understanding of bioradicality of bioart in the instrumental treatment of life
Bioart is present in both visual arts and culture, in which it’s using biological material as a medium
It has not received much attention from bioethics committees so far, which could suggest that this phenomenon has not yet been noticed
Summary
Radicality in the process of redefining concepts as avant-garde artistic and cognitive strategies is the basis for an understanding of bioradicality of bioart in the instrumental treatment of life. Cultural changes that are a response to current events in history (including art history) of the 20th century are reflected in the process of radicalization of typically human-humanistic concepts. Through reduction of the complexity, which is associated with the human species, what could be observed was the way in which the dehumanized human became a biological being, subject to the laws of nature. Life understood in that way is the subject of research in the art@science movement and the main medium of bioart. Bioart projects use narrativity to analyze the alternate emanations of what is living In this context of bioart, it re-provides the ontological status of the work of art, the artist and their role and the need to institutionalize objects and artistic processes
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