Cyborgs, superhumans and clones. Evolution or extinction? What does it mean to be a human today? What will it feel like to be a human a hundred years from now? Technological capabilities are increasing at a rapid pace. Should we continue to embrace modifications to our minds, bodies and daily lives, or are there boundaries we shouldn’t overstep?
Conceived as a dark tunnel, the exhibition, designed by Indissoluble, displays a stark minimalism, which highlights the importance of the pieces to exhibit. Surrounded by a monochrome environment, the only point at which this darkness is broken is in the thematic transitions, as light tunnels are built to embrace the texts of the exhibition.
The exhibition explores potential future trajectories of our species by considering both historical and emerging technologies, as well as their cultural and ethical contexts. What does it mean to be human today?
From Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) to human digital remains, our lives are mediated and defined by our tools and scientific discoveries.
However, this exhibition is not a blind celebration of technology, but is intended to present a range of imagined and real possibilities, allowing visitors to make up their own mind about the preferred future of the human species.
First presented at Science Gallery Dublin in 2011, HUMAN+ re-emerges now as a co-production between CCCB and Science Gallery, featuring many additional works.
