http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x2s20 I was interested in this weeks lecture by the description of human beings in H.P. Lovecraft’s work as small
The Lobster: To be single is to be beastly
In The Lobster1, director Yorgos Lanthimos presents an surreal futuristic dystopia2 where the division in human unity runs through coupledom
Who am I – a new perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuS5huqOND4 Hbo has recently launched the TV-series called “Westworld”. In (ultra-)short it’s about a western amusement park populated by androids.
Programmed lives in “film noir”: Blade Runner and Divided Humanity
“Blade Runner’s job is to hunt down Replicants – manufactured humans you can’t tell from the ‘real thing’”, goes the
The non-humanity of “Warframe”
The original trailer for “Warframe”, depicting the awakening of a Tenno when a Grineer force approaches using Orokin technology. The
“We Have Never Been Human”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_on_a_Wire In Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film “World on a Wire” (1973), Fred Stiller, the technical director of a supercomputer program
Post-Dolly-Humanism
Sorry – I don’t read Sci-Fi books, see Sci-Fi films or play Sci-Fi games. Thinking machines of posthuman worlds. Is
The Normality and Van Gogh
Normality and enhancement, reminded me of the artist Vincent Van Gogh, who is quoted on writing: “La normalité est une
Productivity, efficiency and functionality
The iPhone is a technological tool relevant to both normativity and enhancement. The device increases the ability to remember, communicate,
Lecture with Ionat Zurr is LIVE!
Artist and researcher Ionat Zurr lectured at Aarhus University today. If you missed the live stream between 14:15 and 17:00