The experts are drawn from the professional fields of heart surgery, stem cell research, transplantation medicine, oncology, orthopedics, medical ethics and bioethics, and philosophy. On the other hand, experts versed in popular culture, sci-fi, cyborg theories, transhumanism, and robotics will try to answer the question – how many modifications can a body tolerate before we become strangers to ourselves? And last, but not least, the Blackmarket will also provide the opportunity to speak about the dead body, the always already present absence of the dead.
On the Repaired, Enhanced and Dead Body (No. 17/2014)
- Sapņu Fabrikā, Riga, Lituania
- Blackmarket
The Riga Blackmarket undertakes an inventory of all the medical and cultural techniques currently being used to optimize our bodies. Audio Archive:37
ABSENCE // ACCELERATION // ANIMALS // BURIALS // COMMODITIES // CORPSE // CREATURES// CYBORG // DRUGS // ETERNITY // ETHICS // FORENSICS // HEALTH // INTELLIGENCE // LAW// MACHINES // METAL // METAMORPHOSIS // METAPHORS // MIND/BODY // MUSIC //PHILOSOPHY // PROSTHETICS // REGENERATION // RETELLING // ROBOT // SENSES // SPORTS// THE OTHER SIDE // TRANSITION// VITAL ORGANS —PRACTICAL EXERCISE
Credits
Concept: Hannah Hurtzig
Project Manager: Sarah Lewis
Head of Project NTIL: Zane Kreicberga
Project Assistant/Researcher: Agra Lieģe
Project Assistant/Publicity: Zanda Seņkova
Technical Director: Oskars Plataiskalns
Floor Manager/Technical Support: Philipp Hochleichter
Live Commentary: Juris Šteinbergs
Assistant Set Designer: Dāvis Līcītis
Graphic Design: Dita Pence
Media Partner: Diena, Kultuūras Diena, IR, Riīgas Laiks, Satori
Publicity/Documentation: Rimants Irzikevičs
Project Assistants/Public Relations: Kristiāna Cimermane, Anete Jansone, Linda Krūmiņa