Making Kin: Cells, Software, Synthetic Selves

In today’s episode, we are joined by artists Charlotte Jarvis and Zoran Srdić Janežič, and writer, educator, and curator Rick Dolphijn to discuss entities at the intersection of wetware, software, and hardware, and how they challenge our definitions of life, reproduction, parenthood, or care.Resources:Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family by Sophie Lewis Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism by Silvia FedericiTesto Junkie by Paul PreciadoHumanistic Narratives by Michel SerresThumbelina: the culture and technology of millennials by Michel Serres The Posthuman by Rosi BraidottiPosthuman Feminism by Rosi BraidottiStaying with the Trouble by Donna HarawayThe Philosophy of Matter: A Meditation by Rick DolphijnRevivification (Exhibition) by Guy Ben-Ary, Nathan Thompson and Matt GingoldAni LiuAi HasegawaErrorarium by Adam Zaretsky(later edits, suggested by Zoran Srdić Janežič)The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank HerbertSouthern Reach Series by Jeff VanderMeerAlien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyChildren of Ruin by Adrian TchaikovskyChildren of Memory by Adrian TchaikovskyHost & Producer: Ana-Maria CarabeleaEditing: Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian SchmidingerThe Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) was part of European Digital Deal, a project co-funded by Creative Europe and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport.  Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.