Niche

by David Edwards, Jay Cantor, David Edwards

"Niche" tells the story of an artist who meets a scientist and through the encounter makes a hypothesis: If the artist became a stem cell and then divided into a neuron, would he discover the meaning of intelligence? David Edwards and Jay Cantor introduce a new fiction genre the novel catalogue to coincide with the opening of the new art and design innovation center in Paris, Le Laboratoire. In the novel catalogue, the process through which creators create matters as much as the works that result from the creation. The novel catalogue fictionalizes the creative process of an exhibition season which opens with the artistic outcome of an experiment between Fabrice Hyber, a French artist, and Robert Langer of MIT.

172 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

Reviews

[Emilie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't get much out of this book. I had hoped to really get insight into a collaboration between artists and scientists. I had hoped to read new ideas about creation and the processes of discovery. I'm still intrigued by the author's museum in France.
The best part to me was the artist who became a stem cell. I'm still trying to figure it out, but it seemed like the beginning of something.