As we race towards the unknown dual futures of information-technology and bio-technology, the concept and inventions of beings ‘made not born’ have been a human curiosity for millennia. From the earliest Greek Promethean and Pandoran creation mythology, through to science fiction tropes, and towards an everyday future of AI, even in the earliest stories, the awe and wonder of technological creation have always been coupled with the sense foreboding - of foreseeing the problems and anxieties these creations would engender. Informed by my increasing awareness of the impact technologies are having on our interactions, wellbeing, personal relationships and on society at large, and exploring a framing of the choreographic and dancing body as embodied technologies, this almost timeless curiosity begs the questions - to what possible future will our current trajectory take us, and can our checks and balances keep up with what we create, or, what we become?
“Is there anything more dangerous, than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don’t know what they want?” - Yuval Noah Harari