"Steve's commitment to social inquiry, particularly in the area of bio-technology, is internationally renowned. Steve is an artist and scholar of extraordinary depth of knowledge and perspective. Behind the actions and projects of CAE is a profound understanding of 20th century avant-garde practice and its impact on contemporary thought. If in fact it is the role of the artist to shed new light and vision on the issues that confront us today... the defense of Steve Kurtz is vital to the defense of the artist, whose role is to function as a mediator between our strange hostile world and the human spirit."