Cyborg Salmon

Authors

  • Carmen Umana K. York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40275

Abstract

This figurative sculpture invites the viewer to reconsider the boundaries that presumably exist between organic life and artificial technology; nature and culture. By bending wires, tubes, thread, and netting into the body of an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), this work attempts to convey the species' biological dependence on the technical and social ingenuity that facilitate its existence in Lake Ontario and adjoining tributaries...


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Author Biography

Carmen Umana K., York University

MES Candidate 2016 - York University

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Published

2017-06-20

How to Cite

Umana K., C. (2017). Cyborg Salmon. UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 20, 16–17. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40275

Issue

Vol. 20 (2017): Environmental Justice

Section

Creative

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