The Prosthetic X project is taking part in the Superpower Design exhibition, running from March 24 to August 25, 2024.
About the exhibition:
“Ever faster, stronger, more beautiful, more intelligent, the cult of individual performance has taken hold in a technological society where the body seems increasingly to be seen as an improvable tool. As a species, humans have always adapted to their environment, but the demands on their performance are increasingly sophisticated and rapidly changing.
In the contemporary technological and digital world, design is a tool for thinking and creating about improving our physical, intellectual and emotional capabilities. But this involvement raises a series of medical, ethical, social and philosophical questions. Indeed, this desire to go beyond one’s biological limits is part of a cultural and social context and reflects a way of making society that it is important to question. After having shaped the world around us, what is the role of the designer in a society that wants to make us super-human?”
– Text by Benjamin Stoz
Check the exhibition´s catalogue:
As part of the research into the exhibition and to support the dissemination of the exhibition, a digital publication was created. The catalogue is titled “SuperPower Design” and written by curator Benjamin Stoz. It is published by the Centre for Innovation and Design at Grand-Hornu and publicly shared as part of the exhibition’s storytelling. On pages 86-87, it specifically reflects on the work of Prosthetic X. We recommend reading about the other artworks shared on this theme as well.
