Contributing Authors

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachines Contributing Authors & Contributing Reviewers Caroline Bassett is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge. Publications include Furious, co-authored with Sarah Kember and…

Guest Editorial Introduction

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachines Guest Editorial Introduction Johan Lau Munkholm, Naja Grundtmann, Kristin Veel and Kathrin Maurer PDF Today, the distance between the organic and the machinic appears…

Pierre Huyghe’s Art, Bio-Machines, and the Question of Life

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachines Pierre Huyghe’s Art, Bio-Machines, and the Question of Life Kathrin Maurer University of Southern Denmark <a href="https://culturemachine.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Maurer-_CM24_Pierre_Huyghe-1.pdf" target="_blank"> PDF </a> <h2><strong>Introduction</strong></h2><p>The work of French…

Encountering the Biomachinic Planet

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachines Encountering the Biomachinic Planet Thomas Storey Independent researcher and writer <a href="https://culturemachine.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Storey_CM24_BiomachinicPlanet.pdf" target="_blank"> PDF </a> <p>Attempts to figure the ‘planetary’ as a mode of…

Artificial Touch in Contemporary Art and Culture

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachines Artificial Touch in Contemporary Art and Culture Mette-Marie Zacher Sørensen & Lea Laura Michelsen Aarhus University, Denmark <a href="https://culturemachine.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Zacher-Michelsen_CM24_Artificial-Touch.pdf" target="_blank"> PDF </a> <p>This article explores…

Contagious Life: Clones, Deadbots, Digital Twins

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachine Contagious Life: Clones, Deadbots, Digital Twins Caroline Bassett University of Cambridge <a href="https://culturemachine.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bassett_CM24_ContagiousLife.pdf" target="_blank"> PDF </a> <p style="text-align: right;">AI recreations offer a 96.5% <strong>similarity…

Bio-AI: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Data Animism

Vol 24 (2025) Aesthetics of Biomachines Bio-AI: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Data Animism Joanna Zylinska King's College London, Department of Digital Humanities <a href="https://culturemachine.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Zylinska_CM24_BioAI_EthicalDataAnimism.pdf" target="_blank"> PDF </a> <h2 style="text-align:…