Elio Caccavale, “Design in the Age of Biotechnologies”
Elio Caccavale will discuss the potential of speculative social narrative and design proposals to generate public debate about social, cultural and ethical issues surrounding life sciences. Caccavale’s research focuses on collaborations between design, life sciences and bioethics. His projects include Utility Pets, a series of speculative products investigating the ethical consequences transplanting animal organs into humans (2003), which was included in MoMA’s “Design and Elastic Mind” exhibtion. He teaches on the MA Design Interactions course at the Royal College of Art an has contributed to research projects supported by Wellcome Trust, Art Council England and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Event Information
When: 21 Apr 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
