Critical Art Ensemble

Since its formation in 1987, Critical Art Ensemble has set out to explore the intersections between art, critical theory, technology and political activism. Composed of a revolving cast of media practitioners, the award-winning group has exhibited and performed in a variety of venues internationally, from the street to the museum to the internet. Disturbancesis the first book to assess the group's 25-year history, examining the environmental, political and bio-technological themes of their various initiatives. Each project is presented by the group itself, from Flesh Machine(1997-1998), in which they exposed the role of eugenics in the fertility market, to the multimedia Marching Plague(2005-2007), which revealed the farcical failures of governmental germ warfare programs. Disturbancesis a landmark handbook for activists in art, theory, science and politics.