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Dreaming before the start of time is a work-in-progress installation of a new research and design endeavour into reproductive technologies and their societal impact. The installation forms an invitation to reflect and to contribute your own values, stories and concerns about the future of reproduction.
Lisa Mandemaker, artist-in-residence at the University of Twente's DesignLab (and also connected to ESDiT (the ethics of socially disruptive technologies research department), combines bio-ethical, philosophical and design perspectives to think about the mediating role of technology in our experience of the beginning of life.
In this multidisciplinary project, we seek to explore the ways in which the artificial womb could disrupt family relations, gender roles, the practice of abortion, the experiences of expecting and having children, the concepts of pregnancy, gestation, giving birth and parenthood. To anticipate processes of techno-moral change to which this technology could contribute, we will develop a methodology that combines elements from the techno-moral change approach (techno-moral scenarios) with social, speculative, and participatory design methodologies and apply them in a series of workshops in which the scenarios are refined. The project aims at raising broad public awareness and at inspiring a broad discussion about the direction in which we want this technology to be developed.
The stories, values, inspirations and connections that visitors of the Dutch Design Week contribute to the installation, will form a valuable resource in the development of the project.
Where and when:
16 Oct-24 Oct 2021 at Hotel Pullman Eindhoven.
Part of the exhibition "I Hear What You're Seeing" by Driving Dutch Design. An exhibition of 17 up and coming design studios that listen to see the world. You will get a chance to watch through the eyes of the designers, and to peek behind the scenes of their thoughts. Enter a world in which asking questions is vital, and where knowing how to deal with change is key.
(Driving Dutch Design (DDD) is a professionalization and networking program of ABN AMRO, the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) and the Dutch Design Foundation (DDF) that helps passionate designers on their way in the world of creative entrepreneurship.)
Presenting talkshow or livestream:
Lisa will be doing a morning inspiration session before the opening time of the DDW on Tuesday 19 October and Thursday 21 October at Hotel Pullman. It is called Future Systems: Inclusivity. It is a paid event, including breakfast and there will be no livestream).
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