The Genetic Wars

is a graphic history about a future society where

cloning is the dominant form of human reproduction.

Created by artist & writer, Barbara Confino

the Genetic Wars uses an imaginative context to address

the very real philosophical, psychological, political, & legal issues created by cloning.

Loss of personal identity and a fixed sense of self, the relationship between past and present,

the shape of the body, the right of ownership over DNA, sexuality,

and personal memory

are just some of the topics touched upon by the Genetic Wars.

Visually, it is created in a contemporary, surreal graphic style that reinforces

the content and mood of the work, while the elliptical and witty text

conveys multiple meanings in narrative form.

Partaking of imaginative traditions shared by speculative literature, cinema,

and comic book art,

this Science Fiction fantasy takes the form of both a website installation and

a printed book.

For more information on The Genetic Wars -- or just to make a comment,

please contact: bconfino@citytech.cuny.edu