空總臺灣當代文化實驗場(C-LAB)2020年重點發展軸線之一為建立科技媒體實驗群,將著重於實驗創新與社會鏈結,並陸續成立各類型科技媒體實驗室,以跨域、共創、協作方式,聯合推動文化與科技的實驗計畫。
Organized by TheCube Project Space and C-LAB, the 2020 Praxis School explores human desire for immortality under the theme Immortal Body. Building on past discussions of modern life and technology, the series examines how medical knowledge shapes human experiences of life and death, touching on themes like digital replacement, cyborgs, and life-sustaining wizardry. Featuring lectures by scholars across science history, palliative care, and medicine, the program also hosts two lectures titled Gaia, Technology, and Extinction in connection with the 2020 Taipei Biennial curated by Bruno Latour and Martin Guinard.
Tiɑngong Kɑiwu (The Exploitation of the Works of Nature): Modern Life and the History of Technology is the theme that runs through the 2018 Praxis School Lecture Series, with special foci on the relations between humanity and objects as well as their history, and the best way for us to react accordingly. The lecture series spans a period from August 2018 to March 2019 with a total of 12 sessions, and 9 among them are offered in collaboration with the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (formerly known as the Taiwan Air Force Innovation Base). We’re honored to have a star-studded line-up of lecturers this year, including Huang Sun-Quan, Li Shang-Jen, Liu Yan, Hsieh Ying-Chun, Manray Hsu, Hung Kuang-Chi and Li Shih-Chieh.