CATALOG FOR THE POST-HUMAN — Science Gallery Monterrey

Parson & Charlesworth

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Catalog for the Post-Human is a satirical installation that draws upon research into the future of work and human enhancement to highlight the nature of our post-human condition.

Consisting of a mock vending machine, complete with digital interface, and featuring objects inspired by expert interviews with scientists, technologists and academics and research into emerging impacts of AI bias, surveillance capitalism and cognitive enhancing drugs, the project imagines the kinds of products that future contingent workers might be encouraged to use in order to stay competitive.

Under the guise of Catalog for the Post-Human, the six objects satirize the contemporary capitalist need to be permanently cognitively sharp, quantifying yourself with data, and able to work the long and irregular hours assigned by algorithm-led corporations.

Tim Parsons (UK) Jessica Charlesworth (UK/Canada).

Parsons & Charlesworth is a future-focused research-based design studio that addresses concerns such as the ecological crisis and the future of work through their collaborative worldbuilding projects. Their work enables audiences to experience new ways of understanding and interacting with alternative futures. Co-founded by Jessica Charlesworth and Tim Parsons, the studio’s investigative and speculative approach uses installation, sculpture, designed objects, writing, photography and digital media to explore key social, ecological and technological challenges of our time.