Are the Semi-Living semi-good or semi-evil?

This article explores some of the language used to describe life and evolutionary processes; from bacteria to collections of cells. Then the paper will discuss the Semi-Living entities created by the Tissue Culture & Art project (TC&A) and the possible different engagements with them, in the light of increased suspicion and intolerance in Western urban society. Different notions of life will be looked at in the context of current rhetoric used in our pre-war2 global society.