Documenting a posthuman movement in art, fashion and culture. Here you’ll get to know the humans behind the creations, and their inner worlds that form the basis of what drives them.
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Bodies in the Post Social Media
Instagram: @bodiesinthepost
Tiktok: @bodiesinthepostpodcast
YouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast
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Produced and hosted by Lydia Kaye
Music by Liam Jones
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Documenting a posthuman movement in art, fashion and culture. Here you’ll get to know the humans behind the creations, and their inner worlds that form the basis of what drives them.
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Bodies in the Post Social Media
Instagram: @bodiesinthepost
Tiktok: @bodiesinthepostpodcast
YouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast
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Produced and hosted by Lydia Kaye
Music by Liam Jones
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
🧬 Episode 5 🧬 is with Dr. Jo Zayner, a biohacker, scientist, artist, and CEO of The ODIN - a company that sells gene editing kits. We discuss:
(04:03): Science as gatekeeping; feeling fear and trans shame; being (seen as) controversial.
(12:51): Unnatural Selection Netflix documentary; CRISPR; educating people on biotechnologies; enhancing the body; Posthumanism & Transhumanism; lab animals as sacrifice; pharmaceutical companies & capitalism; illegal medical interventions; being seen as a ‘capable’ man but an ‘incapable’ woman.
(27:15): Trans-species; working with artist Agnes Questionmark; does gene-editing change the ‘essence’ of being human?; purifying DNA cells; society fearing technology.
(34:22): The power of gene editing; Nazis & eugenics; becoming human-jellyfish hybrid; injecting CRISPR into the body; the video that went viral.
(43:56): ‘Coming Out’ as trans; biohacking crossing over with transitioning practices; biohacking a temporary pair of boobs; the problem with the gender binary; playing god; an artist using science as a medium.
Links
Unnatural Selection documentary
Bodies in the Post Social Media:
Instagram: @bodiesinthepost
TikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcast
YouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.