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Biopoetry refers to literary practices in which living organisms take over the co-authorship of a text. Instead of narrative machines, such as typewriters, desktops, tablets, and smartphones, in biopoetry organic elements such as clones, transgenetic organisms, and in vivo experiments are used for producing literary texts.

One of the leading bio-poetic artists today is Eduardo Kac. On his personal website, Kac proposes "the use of biotechnology and living organisms in poetry as a new realm of verbal, paraverbal and nonverbal creation".

Transgenic poetry
Transgenic poetry is one of twenty bio-poetic practices discussed by Eduardo Kac. It involves the use of DNA in order to write words and sentences according to invented codes using combinations of nucleotides, which are incorporated into living organisms. Through mutation, natural loss, and exchange of DNA material new words and sentences are created, which are then read back into transgenic poetry via DNA sequencing.

"Genesis"
In the transgenic artwork "Genesis," Kac explores the relationship between "biology, belief systems, information technology, dialogical interaction, ethics, and the Internet" (reference). The installation was commissioned by Ars Electronica 1999 and first displayed online and at the O.K. Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria, between September 4 -19, 1999.