The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture.

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13:02:02 The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture.
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture is an exhibition inauguratasi in recent days at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (Canada), who wants to explore historical and contemporary representations of the cybernetic body, ie the combination of man and machine, in the visual arts and popular culture . Everything starting from the theoretical assumption that the cyborg is nothing if not the anxiety that accompanies the growing presence of machines in Western culture, torn between fascination and threat. In addition to automatic equipment of the nineteenth century and scientific photographs of the early days, there are works by Duchamp, Picasso, Léger and Picabia, while at the same time can find articles by Tony Oursler, Moriko Mori, Gary Hill, Takashi Murakami, Lee Bul, Survival Research Lab and Kenji Yanobe (pictured).