PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Digitized Bodies —Virtual Spectacles project presents a series of closely connected on-line and on-site events aimed to investigate the perceptual effects of digital technologies and enhanced imaging in biosciences and its reflection in the arts and popular culture.

The Digitized Bodies —Virtual Spectacles project aims to utilize new forms of teamwork and borderless collaborations, bringing together cultural theoreticians, communication experts, (software) toolmakers, scientists, artists, and students to investigate and demonstrate the experimental reality of our visualized culture.

One of the primary aims of the project is to survey and present international artwork and projects related to this topic, and create interdisciplinary communication that reflects on the impact of medical technology on our concepts of the human body. The project involves the creation of a virtual forum, an on-line exhibition, on-site presentation of artworks, lectures, video programs and performance events.