ART+TECH Aperitivo ✦ 3 - The New Human (Bodies in Transformation)
Exploring The New Human (Body) with CODAME co-founders, and Christopher Schutte and Vanessa Chang — mentors of CODAME ART+TECH (2026) Creative Hackathon
Bodies in Transformation
An online conversation by CODAME
Format: Online
Start time: 18:00 CET
18:00–18:05 — Welcome & Introduction (5 min)
Christopher Schutte · Bruno Fonzi (CODAME)
Opening remarks
Introduction of Vanessa Chang and The Body Digital
Framing the evening’s intention: agency, embodiment, and relational futures
18:05–18:20 — The New Human: Bodies in Transformation (15 min)
Christopher Schutte
Curator, Futures & Narrative Systems (Loop Exit™)
The Body as Interface — from lived knowing to measurable data
Authored Bodies — when the virtual body feels real
The Distributed Self — digital twins, biometric shadows, and partial presence
A curatorial framing that situates the body as a site of negotiation between technology, identity, and agency.
18:20–19.00 — Keynote: Vanessa Chang — The Body Digital (40 min)
Part I — Past
The hand as interface
Mechanical reproduction and the ghost-body in early machines
Part II — Present
Disembodied myths vs rooted, lived bodies
Phones, playlists, AR, AI assistants as bodily extensions
Part III — Futures
Designing for difference and disability
Building infrastructures of care
Collective agency in shaping technological worlds
19:00–19:15 — Q&A + Invitation (15 min)
Audience questions
Invitation to participate in The New Human Creative Hackathon: “A playground for artists, technologists, and designers to prototype human–machine futures during Milan Design Week 2026.”