Sophie Brody Award
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Edition 5 (2010) Winner
Jonathon Keats
ジョナサン・キーツ
Jonathon Keats
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1971-10-02 （New York City）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City → San Francisco → Italy
Career
- Occupations
- Conceptual artist, Experimental philosopher, Writer, Art critic
- Active Years
- 2000-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | — | Philosophy | — | — | United States |
Amherst College
Philosophy
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sophie Brody Award | The Book of the Unknown | — | American Library Association | Winner |
Sophie Brody Award
2010
Work:
The Book of the Unknown
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The God Project
2004 Conceptual artLarge-scale thought experiment attempting to genetically engineer God in a laboratory, suggesting taxonomic relation to cyanobacteria.
GodScienceEvolution
The First Intergalactic Art Exposition
2006 Installation artExhibition of extraterrestrial abstract art based on signals from Arecibo Observatory.
CosmosArtExtraterrestrials
The Photosynthetic Restaurant
2011 Performance artRestaurant providing gourmet sunlight to plants via colored plexiglass filters.
PlantsFoodPhotosynthesis
Bibliography
- The Pathology of Lies
- Control + alt + delete: a dictionary of cyber slang
- The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six
- Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
- Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age
- You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalExperimentalPhilosophical
- Recurring Motifs
- Thought experimentsInterspecies collaborationsCosmologyTheology
Legacy
Renowned in conceptual art and experimental philosophy for satirical, provocative large-scale thought experiments exploring boundaries of science, art, and philosophy.
Trivia
- Copyrighted his own mind as a sculpture in 2003, claiming IP rights for 70 years after death.
- Ran a petition in Berkeley to enact the logical Law of Identity 'A ≡ A' as statutory law.
- Opened the world's first porn theater for houseplants.