Superhumanity

Focused on post-labour, psychopathology, and the plasticity of the human mind and body, Superhumanity introduces insights, critiques, and propositions in the area of "self-design," ranging from design and architecture to science, media, history, philosophy, and contemporary art.

The field of design has radically expanded. As a practice, design is no longer limited to the world of material objects but extends to carefully crafted individual looks and online identities, the surrounding galaxies of personal devices, new materials, interfaces, networks, systems, infrastructures, data, chemicals, organisms, and genetic codes.

Faced with the fourth industrial revolution, Superhumanity sheds light on the necessity to recognise that manmade, artificial objects are continuously reshaping our daily lives. It invites us to rethink the intimate and fundamental relationship between design and what it means to be human.

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea (MMCA), organised the Superhumanity Symposium, consisting of lectures and panel discussions by experts from diverse disciplines.

With contributions by Chin Jungkown, Common Accounts (Igor Bragado & Miles Gertler), Arisa Ema, Hong Sungook, Yuk Hui, Kim Jaehee, Catherine Malabou, Hannah Proctor, Erik Rietveld, Mark Wasiuta.