The future in civil disobedience has to avoid the mistakes made in the past.
Steve Kurtz is known for his work in BioArt, and Electronic Civil Disobedience, and because of his arrest by the FBI in May 11, 2004 when he awoke to discover that his 45-year-old wife, Hope, had died. A tragedy that turned into a nightmare after the paramedics he called, alarmed by his scientific equipment and books in his house, related to his coming art work, reported him to the FBI as a suspected bio-terrorist. His work often deals with social criticism.
Today, Professor Ricardo Dominguez is working in intervention indeed; this time nanotechnology:
“Particle Of Interest: Tales From The Matter Market” Nanotechnology Through Experimental Media. The difference with this “particle interest” of Dr. Dominguez from Dr. Kurz in 2004 is that he has plenty support from the University of California, San Diego –UCSD- in this project.
“For the market, nanoparticles hold the 21st century’s great promise. For critics, they are a vision of pure horror, as long as the toxicological risks are not known. The era of unregulated nanocapitalism has already dawned, with these smallest of particles being used today in cosmetics, fabrics and dyes. Ricardo Dominguez, founder of the Electronic Disturbance Theater and initiator of virtual sit-ins with the Zapatista resistance, sees his art as explicitly politically commissioned. He and Diane Ludin invite the public to a multimedia lecture-performance with two leading nanotechnologists that will provide insight into the stories of the global particle market. Knowledge is action!”
