Events
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Hybrid – An Interspecies Opera
Film Screening and Q&A with artist and biohacker Heather Dewey-Hagborg
ARC public; Social Sciences hub
Date: Tuesday 12 May 2026
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Category: Films and theatre, Public lectures
Speaker: Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Blending documentary and personal narrative, the film explores xenotransplantation - the genetic engineering of animals to sustain human life - examining its history, complexity and the ethical implications of rapidly advancing technologies.
Join Heather Dewey-Hagborg for the screening, followed by a live Q&A.
Plus – join us the following afternoon as Heather Dewey-Hagborg explores the possibilities of genomic technologies through her boundary-pushing work, in her ARC Conversation.
Based in New York, Heather Dewey-Hagborg works at the intersection of art, science and technology, using her practice to explore how research can be used to question the present and to imagine possible futures.