Floris Kaayk + Ine Poppe + Ellen ter Gast + Machinefabriek- The Modular Body - The Netherlands - Installation: 11:00 - 24:00 (23 + 24 September) Performance: 20:00 - 21:00 (24 September) - Floris Kaayk + Ine Poppe + Ellen ter Gast + Machinefabriek- The Modular Body - The Netherlands - Installation: 11:00 - 24:00 (23 + 24 September) Performance: 20:00 - 21:00 (24 September)
"Doc, just a question? when will it be mass produced? I am getting tired of this body of mine."
The Modular Body is Dutch multimedia artist and filmmaker Floris Kaayk’s latest foray into the realm of online storytelling. Created in collaboration with journalist and artist Ine Poppe and scored by Machinefabriek, The Modular Body recounts the story of bio-technologist Cornelis Vlasman and his very own, miniature Frankenstein, OSCAR, the world’s first living organism built from human cells. Told through an intricate web of 56 interconnected videos, each clip, whether video blog update or news report, reveals another intimate detail of the OSCAR puzzle. For TodaysArt 2016, Kaayk, Poppe and Machinefabriek bring The Modular Body to life in two steps. First as an immersive multi-narrative installation in the Filmhuis, and then on the festival Saturday as a hybrid performance and presentation in which Machinefabriek performs an adapted live set of the original score, Ine Poppe interviews Floris Kaayk, and Ellen ter Gast explores the ethical implications of the project.
Date
Installation: 11:00 - 24:00 (23 + 24 September) Performance: 20:00 - 21:00 (24 September)
Module
Performance, Works
Venue
Filmhuis Zaal 5 + Studio B
Country
The Netherlands
