Biofaction is a research and science communication company based in Vienna, Austria. We specialize in technology assessment of novel biotechnologies, science communication and art-science interaction.
What’s in a name?
Biofaction is a neologism combining:
Bio for biology, the living world, and Fact for scientific information.
Biofact for (a) the production of artefacts by living organisms other than human beings and (b) for living artefacts, describing the blurring boundaries between the living and the non-living world
Faction for the use of fictional elements in conveying facts, or the use of facts to tell fictional stories.
