Genetology is a self invented science which studies imaginary fragments that reassemble a possible future history. Eschatology (the existing and dominant science of last things) preludes Genetology. In general Genetology studies the human nature to fascilitate and stimulate change, manipulate evolution and alter the world in order to create something new.
In 2006 I started to collect data on a weblog (www.genetology.net), which functioned as an online sketchbook where, besides my own work, other artworks, events in history, scientific discoveries, intellectual discourse and philosophical explorations are assembled in order to be able to define Genetology. I categorised the content within the different existing branches of science since they represent our best attempt to separate and encapsulate all existing knowledge. This combination of text and images (of my own work and that of other artists and scientists) has been part of my art practice ever since.
In 2009 I published the first three pages/quires of a large publication about my genetologic research. For every new quire that is published, a text is written by a different author, relating to the context (see attached quires of Archaeology, Geology, Zoology and Cosmology). The second publication was accompanied by a curated exhibition 'Landscaping' in which several of the featured artworks were exhibited. It was the first time I could experiment with a possible physical presentation of Genetology, focusing on one chapter of the research: Geology. What is the content of the geological layer we are currently constructing and which will represent our society in the future?
In 2010 mathematician Martin Lo asked me if I could visualize a new theory on dark matter and dark energy which he and a team of scientists of JPL/NASA developed. His initial question instigated an exhibition project in which several more artists and scientists were involved. Consequently Martin Lo wrote a text for the new quire on Cosmology.
