Human Enhancement—The Human Being as Design Challenge

Editor: Marlies Wirth, Curator, Digital Culture and MAK Design Collection
(i.a. in the context of the exhibition Artificial Tears: Singularity & Humanness: A Speculation and the exhibition manifesto of the Vienna Biennale Circle in the framework of the VIENNA BIENNALE 2017: Robots. Work. Our Future)
 
Core topics: Posthumanism, Human Enhancement—The Human Being as Design Challenge (brain, body)
 
The augmentation or “optimization” of human capabilities and potential or of the human organism through wearable or implanted computer technology, nanotechnology, memory-enhancing drugs (nootropics), and life-prolonging measures is wholly redefining established notions and life plans—from business models to human life cycles, extending even to the way we die.
 
Editor: Marlies Wirth, Curator, Digital Culture and MAK Design Collection