OLD NEWS

Progress in the research for Human+.
I refined the sub-themes of the exhibition to the following:

AUTHORING EVOLUTION: Genetics, Biohacking and BioFutures
AUGMENTED ABILITIES: Cognitive Diversity and Prosthetic Futures
EXTENDED ECOLOGIES: Survival and Habitat
NON HUMAN ENCOUNTERS: Co-Evolution with Robots and Non Humans
LIFE AT THE EDGES: Birth and Death

And in other good news - my design pitch was chosen, so I'll be busy with the exhibition design
as well for the next couple of months.

18|02|2011

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I'm currently in Dublin working for the Science Gallery as the researcher for their upcoming exhibition Human+. What can we expect for the future of our species? I'm exploring what it means to be human, considering this question through a number lenses; zooming in, out and across the complex messy systems that govern our existence.

Some themes to be covered:

1. Human+ Biological Futures (genetics, eugenics, bioethics, etc)
2. Human+ Augmentation (prosthetics, robotics, AI, etc - “we have always been cyborgs”)
3. Human+ CoEvolution (“Humans are not really individuals; they’re communities of organisms”)
4. Human+ Social/Cultural Futures (emerging/new aspirations, needs, rituals, desires)
5. Human+ Habitat (how can we adapt to survive changing ecosystems?)

04|02|2011