Your Urge to Breathe Is a Lie

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Overview

A prismatic and polyphonic invitation to join us in an ecological, embodied and ethical approach towards transhumanist evolution amidst climate catastrophe. We embracing the cephalopod (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, nautilus) as the model (role model species; myths are also models) for human evolution.  Scientists, engineers, dancers, and synchronized swimmers on the brink of adulthood all train for human enhancement through the adoption of three key cephalopodic intelligences: embodied; shapeshifter; and distributed.  Transhumanist Cephalopod Evolutionwas developed by Miriam Simun at the MIT Media Lab, in collaboration with choreographer luciana achugar. The work is simultaneously a richly visual oceanic journey; a document of a training and research process; and an attempt to transmit tactile, proprioceptive sensation via the flat medium of video.

Director : Miriam Simun

Casts

Valentina Dieujuste

Swimmer

Zoe Frost

Swimmer

Kirsten May

Swimmer

Daria Vasilchenko

Swimmer

Luciana Achugar

Dancer

Alexi Choueiri

Dancer

Jad A Elmourad

Dancer

Daniel Estandian

Dancer

Fana Fraser

Dancer

Mary Gray

Dancer

Nikima Jagudajev

Dancer

Neriman Beste Kaygisiz

Dancer

Michael Mahalchick

Dancer

Jacqueline M Montante

Dancer

William Robinson

Dancer

Lily Bo Shapiro

Dancer

Sara M Sime

Dancer

Miriam Simun

Dancer

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