The Life Fair

At the intersection of politics, economics, ethics, design, and technology, the human body has become a battlefield of varied and often conflicting forces. With universal themes such as Birth, Work, Sex, Security, and Health, a recent exhibition at the Het Nieuwe Instituut titled The Life Fair: New Body Products explores how the quest for an optimal body has developed into a highly competitive market. We sat down with the cocurators, Agata Jaworska and Giovanni Innella, to discuss how they view technology’s relationship to how we navigate the modern world.