Chimera, 9781835952412
Hardcover
Entangled bodies, tech, and environment: a non-dystopian, ethical future imagined.
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Chimera

The Expanded Body for a New Ecosophy of the Arts

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  • Hardcover

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    9 April 2026

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Summary

Reimagines the human relationship with technoscience and environment, offering fresh, non-hierarchical, and ethical perspectives beyond dystopian futures.

Exploring the evolving relationship between the human body, technoscience, and the environment, Chimera introduces the concept of the “expanded body” as a transdisciplinary meeting point between art, design, technology, and science. Through a critical examination of developments such as biomechanics, prosth…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781835952412
ISBN-10:1835952410
Author:Marco Mancuso
Publisher:Intellect
Imprint:Intellect Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:9 April 2026
Weight:623g
Dimensions:244mm x 170mm x 16mm
About The Author

Marco Mancuso

Marco Mancuso holds a PhD in Digital Culture. He is a critic and contemporary art curator and a scholar specializing in the intersection of art, philosophy, and technoscience. He is a professor at Politecnico delle Arti in Bergamo, Italy, and is part of the Academic Board of the PhD in New Media and Critical-Curatorial Practices of Contemporary Creation. He is also a lecturer at the University of Bologna, Italy, and at the Node Center in Berlin, Germany, where he coordinates the program Curating the Digital. He is the founder and director of the Digicult platform since 2005.

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