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Cyborg Apocalypse

June 22, 2011January 9, 2015 by Megen de Bruin-Molé

Haraway’s Cyborg Manifesto says: “the cyborg has no origin story in the Western sense”.

Because the cyborg has no need of a beginning, they have no need of an end. They are inherently post-apocalyptic. But what is a creature without a past – without a narrative? Can we even imagine such a being, and would we even want to?

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The First of Many

August 2, 2010January 9, 2015 by Megen de Bruin-Molé

We know, generally speaking, that the world is real. All we are saying is that it would’t surprise us if it wasn’t.

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