HUMAN AWESOME ERROR
Led by Chae Umi and Fukuhara Shiho, Human Awesome Error loosely and organically explores re-perceptions of the world through the discovery of strange errors in contemporary technology and systems.
Year Selected
2024
Project
Super Cell Infinite
Summary
This artistic research project formed the final chapter of the Super Cell series, which was initiated by HUMAN AWESOME ERROR member Fukuhara Shiho’s breast cancer diagnosis. In collaboration with hospitals and research institutes, the project involved taking out her own frozen cancer cells and culturing them, generating regenerative immune cells from blood-derived iPS cells, and then confronting her cancer cells with these immune cells. Along with revealing the challenges and limitations of this process through video works, the exhibition probed the issues of cell ownership arising from the ethical, customary, and legal restrictions made evident over the course of the research, as well as bioethics and the reality of the self. The project also involved interviews with individuals who have experienced cancer, talks with various kinds of practitioners, and a DIY bio workshop, creating a public platform for discussion. Through cancer, the project fostered new insights and dialogue on the future of healthcare and bioethics.
Presentation
Super Cells Infinite
Dates & Time: February 11 – 24 13:00 – 19:00
Venue: Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT]
CCBT Art Incubation Program
One of CCBT’s core programs, the Art Incubation Program provides opportunities for creative talent to undertake new projects and makes those processes accessible to the public, facilitating forms of artistic expression, exploration, and action that change our city for the better. Selected through an open call, five artist fellows will act as CCBT partners, developing their projects, making the creative process public, exhibiting the results, and holding workshops and talks.
▶︎Details: CCBT Art Incubation Program
