{"product_id":"artificial-life-the-art-of-automating-living-systems","title":"Artificial Life: The Art of Automating Living Systems","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOron Catts, Sarah Collins, Elizabeth Stephens and Ionat Zurr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you ever eaten food that appeared natural but then found out it was created in a lab or was genetically modified? Have you ever mistaken a deep fake video or AI voice for the real thing? You may have felt deceived or anxious about how closely we are now able to simulate and engineer the indices of life. Or you may have felt awe-struck by the ingenuity involved in creating the illusion of life, as you might feel watching an impressive magic trick. Distinctions between what is real or fake, or natural or artificial, seem to harden in direct proportion to cultural anxieties around this imagined boundary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the ways in which we tend to frame and imagine artificial life, through art, corporate marketing, popular culture, scientific discourse, film and other forms of expression and meaning-making. It argues, that through practices of framing, our understanding of what constitutes life is continuously being re-shaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOron Catts, Sarah Collins, Elizabeth Stephens and Ionat Zurr are the authors of \u003cem\u003eArtificial Life: The Art of Automating Living Systems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/vignettes\" href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/vignettes\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT VIGNETTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeries Editors:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Collins and Tony Hughes-d’Aeth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/vignettes\" href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/vignettes\"\u003eVignettes series\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom UWAP is aimed at sharing the knowledges that are emerging in the contemporary university and that consider the complexities of modern life. Each book provides an image, or a vignette, of a particular phenomenon and how this is being thought through by intellectual practitioners in today’s academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Vignettes series\" href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/vignettes\"\u003eView the full series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBook details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-76080-345-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePUBLICATION DATE: 1 November 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFORMAT: B format paperback, 0.3kg, 165x120mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEXTENT: 112 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRIGHTS: World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCATEGORY:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/non-fiction\" href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/non-fiction\"\u003enon-fiction\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/uwap-scholarly\" href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/uwap-scholarly\"\u003escholarly\u003c\/a\u003e, humanities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRICE: $22.99 AUD incl GST\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UWA Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45177885491400,"sku":null,"price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0542\/4573\/files\/ARTIFICIALLIFE_COVER.jpg?v=1786937853","url":"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/products\/artificial-life-the-art-of-automating-living-systems","provider":"UWA Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}