ABSTRACT
The increasing presence at exhibitions of artworks based on these principles is clear proof of the development of a new hybrid form in the arts, where artworks are staged in a theatrical manner, in which art objects are used as requisites, and where the use of living organisms and tissues, i.e., wet media, is prevalent. The idea of becoming media took on new dimensions with the possibilities of deeper forms of immersion using new communication technologies and then truly culminated with the exploration of ‘wet media’ in the arts. Highly relevant to this discussion is the work of one of the first to use wet media in their practice, the Critical Art Ensemble, who approaches art as a tool for directly engaging the public in a performative way with areas of science that are generally unfamiliar to the wider public.
