‘The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science...’ – Albert Einstein.

Christine Borland is an artist who likes to play detective. Her practice has constantly embraced scientific thought and research as a means of exploring the ‘fragile yet resilient nature of our humanity’, questioning notions of good and evil – in particular the ethical and moral issues raised by human genetics.

Progressive Disorder is an extensive and fascinating document of Borland’s exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts in November 1999. This body of work comprised five projects that developed from the artist’s period of research with geneticists, medical sociologists and biochemists at Glasgow and Dundee Universities. This publication brings together photographs and texts from the exhibition along with background information relating to the projects themselves.

Co-published by Book Works with Dundee Contemporary Arts.

Christine Borlandは探偵のように振るまうことを好むアーティスト。彼女の行動は常に「繊細だけれども未だに快活な人間性の本質」を明らかにするための科学的な見地と調査を包含していて、特に人間の遺伝学によって持ち上がった倫理と道徳の善悪についての考えに答えている。
本書は、1999年に Dundee Cntemprary Artsで行われた彼女の展示のドキュメントで、遺伝学者、社会学者、生物化学者とのリサーチによる5つのプロジェクトが根幹となっている。そのプロジェクトの背景に基づいた展示の写真とテキストを収録。
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