I’d like to get the audience to think of their own imaginary futures, what do they want to see, how do they imagine technology shaping the world in a way that is not so dire and depressing.
—Heather Dewey-Hagborg on the impact she would like to see from her love-inducing retrovirus project Lovesick
Heather Dewey-Hagborg is an information artist and bio-hacker. She is best known for her project Stranger Visions, a series of portraits created from DNA she recovered from discarded items, such as hair, cigarettes, and chewing gum while living in Brooklyn, New York.
Heather IS THE AUTHOR Of Lovesick Futures.
ALEX PEARLMAN IS A BIOETHICIST AND BIODESIGNED EDITOR.