Transhumanist Artists and Writers
The WTA has worked closely with its affiliate Transhumanist Arts and Culture to promote transhumanist artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers, and to encourage the critical evaluation of art and culture from a transhumanist perspective. In particular through our program on "Visions of Utopia and Dystopia" we are focusing on the systematic collection and discussion of images of posthumanity and non-human intelligence in literature, television and film.If you are a member of the WTA and an artist, musician, filmmaker, author, culture critic or art scholar let us know so that we can promote your work. Contact Lanfranco Aceti [lanfranco(at-sign)communart.com], the curator of our online Transhumanist Art Gallery (coming soon).
You can also join the WTA-Arts list which we use to disseminate arts and culture news of interest to transhumanists. Also, try to join us at Transvision 2004 this summer, the theme of which is Transhumanist Art and Culture. The deadline for submissions of papers, performances, videos and readings is June 1.
Resources
- WTA-Arts The WTA arts and culture discussion list
- "What kind of transhumanist art is there?" in the Transhumanist FAQ
- Transhumanist Arts and Culture Directed by Natasha Vita-More, author of the Transhumanist Arts Statement
- WTA Visions of Utopia and Dystopia Program
- "Exploring the Posthuman through Science Fiction," by Glenn Hough, Betterhumans, 6/23/2003.
- "Monsters in the Media," by James Hughes, Betterhumans, 12/22/2003.
- Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future. Gardner Dozois, 2002.
- David McLean's Skinny Devil Links to Transhumanist Musicians
- Trans-Music a list for transhumanist musicians
- Center for Genetics and Society's "Art and Popular Culture" links CSG is a leading bioLuddite organization.
- Anders Sandberg's transhuman arts links
- GURPS Transhuman Space An elaborate role playing game set in a transhumanist future describe din great detail.
