生物媒體藝術的溯源與視覺再現：跨領域藝術的視角探析

The Origins and Visual Representation of Biomedia Art: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

生物媒體藝術（biomedia art）作為當代藝術與科學技術交匯的領域，其發展歷程涉及分子生物學、生物醫學、合成生物學與新媒體科技的應用。然而，論述生物媒體之時亦無法規避生物藝術。本文首先回顧生物藝術的發展階段，從遺傳學奠基期到基因轉殖藝術的出現，探討生物藝術的歷史發展、理論框架與技術、美學特徵，剖析代表性藝術家及其作品對藝術、科學的影響，進而促使科技與藝術的跨學科融合。隨著科技日益更新，生物藝術在跨域的同時也面臨新挑戰。因此，接著，論述從生物媒體藝術與生物藝術的關係到意涵、詮釋，其核心在於，透過新媒體技術達到視覺「轉繹」1效果，並經視覺表達改變我們對生命的認知。最後，從生物媒體藝術的圖像再現，包括生物媒體介入新媒體藝術的視覺特徵，進而分析生物醫學圖像經新媒體介入後產生的科學圖像與藝術，再透過當代藝術案例，檢視生物媒體如何作為一種新的藝術語言，以挑戰傳統媒體與生物體之間的界線、以及技術的轉繹。本文希望揭示生物媒體藝術在當代藝術中的發展潛力及其面臨的美學挑戰，由此引導出，生物媒體作為一種與生物藝術、媒體，醫學交纏的藝術思維。

Positioned at the convergence of contemporary art, science, and technology, biomedia art has evolved through developments in molecular biology, biomedicine, synthetic biology, and new media technologies. Any critical discussion of such art must first engage with the history of bioart. This study revisits the developmental stages of bioart, from its foundations in genetics to the emergence of transgenic art, and analyzes its historical trajectory, theoretical frameworks, technological practices, and aesthetic characteristics. In addition, representative artists and seminal works are examined to illustrate how bioart has influenced the fields of art and science and fostered cross-disciplinary integration. With the rapid evolution of technology, bioart faces new challenges as it expands across domains. Against this backdrop, this study further investigates biomedia art as a contemporary intersection of technological and artistic practices, thereby emphasizing its relationship with bioart and its evolving interpretive dimensions. The use of new media technologies to enact visual translations that reshape conceptions of life is central to biomedia art. Focusing on how biomedical imagery, which was once mediated by new media technologies, produces hybrid forms that blur the distinctions between scientific imagery and artistic expression, this study examines the visual representation strategies within biomedia art. Through case studies of contemporary artworks, how biomedia operates as a new artistic language that challenges conventional boundaries between traditional media and living organisms is explored, thus offering a critical examination of technological translation processes.
This study clarifies the developmental potential and aesthetic challenges biomedia art presents within contemporary artistic practices, subsequently proposing it as an emergent mode of artistic thought that entwines bioart, media art, and Biomedicine.