medicine
Trans*Plant: May the Chlorophyll be with/in you
Quimera Rosa (ES/AR/FR)
March 2016: Start of Trans*Plant project, which engages in human>plant hybridizations. December 2017: First chlorophyll IV injection @ Kapelica Gallery. March 2036: The annual Earth resources are exhausted > global Internet final shutdown. December 2037: A bio-hacker community connects a VPN to Mycorrhiza network. This mixed-media installation aims to present the work behind Trans*Plant, as well as produce a speculative fiction. A piece where leftovers from the past and the future get entangled.
Virus Buster Offline – The marvels of Code Violet
Gluccie Collaborations (JP)
The scene of *Virus Buster Offline* takes place in Japan in the near future. Through an avatar, people can dive into the Internet world, which has been infected by a brutal computer virus, Code Violet, which must be defeated by the players. The aim of this project is to allow participants to increase their physical activity by using elements of gamification. Participants wear an activity meter to collect points. With continuous participation, points accumulate and characters in the game evolve. This device art work combines the fields of medicine and art.
Tiger Penis Project
Kuang-Yi Ku (TW)
Kuang-Yi Ku proposes a solution for threatened species like tigers that does not deprive Chinese physicians of their secret ingredients. Why not cultivate the penises in a laboratory with the help of biotechnology? The Tiger Penis Project bridges old traditions and technological innovation, helping to preserve both cultural tradition and nature.
Unicorn – The Brain Interface
g.tec medical engineering GmbH (AT)
The Unicorn Hybrid Black is a high-quality wearable EEG-headset for Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) applications to perfectly acquire brain waves.
Bugfix the Brain
g.tec medical engineering GmbH (AT)
Imagine being able to think, hear, and feel – but not to move or communicate. The exhibition Bugfix the Brain focuses on patients who suffer from motor disabilities due to stroke or disorders of consciousness and shows state-of-the-art rehabilitation and assessment tools based on Brain-Computer Interfaces. Neurologists, physical therapists, caregivers and patients are welcome to test these brain rehabilitation technologies on themselves.
Presentation: Clinical Applications of Brain Computer Interface Systems
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) are new technologies that are becoming increasingly popular in medicine. Nowadays, computers and devices can be operated by measuring brain waves. Experience how this technology works and find out what research is currently working on. Erika Mondria, BCI expert at the Ars Electronica Center, will present the functionality of "recoveriX" and "mindBeagle" live.
Not Invented Here / Proudly Found Elsewhere
Fette Sans (DE)
When consuming Fette Sans pills, we expect solution, salvation, reaction, enlightenment, modification, relief, or at least a truly good high. Her pills, all individual and artisanally crafted from various kinds of digestible matter, disappoint and refuse any shift to reality.
