After visiting the science labs last week our initial idea of “selling the perfect human” has suddenly become a lot more plausible to me. With the working title of “Human. Inc” our group is currently working towards a performance with links in both biology and chemistry as well as alchemy. What most fascinated me about the labs was the biological possibilities for our performance, from things as simple as microscopic images lining the walls as example selections (which we were assured was entirely possible and something I am very interested in pursuing) right up to the more complicated questions like, how does the brain record and play memories?
Having decided on our idea (and it being confirmed by Jeremy) I am now looking into how we can make this performance as realistic as possible by looking into the real science of ‘making a human’. Focusing on Human Robotics (robots specifically designed to enhance human performance) and DNA manipulation I am attempting to learn as much as possible regarding this delicate science and compile a would be script for our group.

Useful links and articles:

HRI 2013:  http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2013/
SGI DNA:      http://www.sgidna.com/
Preventing aging and death:    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/in-pursuit-of-longevity-a-plan-to-harness-dna-sequencing.html?_r=0