New human, new earth

We're starting the year off with a dark and strange bang as we explore how human's have changed the planet and ourselves through technology, and what - if anything - can be done about this. The two speakers this month are Ollie Cotsaftis and Mikey Pryvt.

Doors open at 6
Talks start at 6.30
We are in the back room at Loop bar

Talk 1
Sci-fi diehards have been hearing about the fictional world of cyborg and biologically-enhanced humans for years. Ollie will talk us through the move from fiction to reality and the world’s collective journey towards this biologically enhanced cyborg hybrid.

Talk 2
We broke the world and can never put it back together again like it was. Instead, m1k3y will explain that now we get to be planetary stewards, and determine what we do with the pieces. All hope lies in a re-stabilized but now alien earth system.

Ollie Cotsaftis
He is the founder and creative director of future ensemble, a post-disciplinary and speculative design studio. He is also a RMIT School of Design Industry Fellow. Most recently, he co-founded the Melbourne chapter of Speculative Futures, an international network for those interested in futurism and design fiction.
https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Speculative-Futures/
https://www.futureensemble.co/who-we-are/

Mikey Pryvt
m1k3y's work ranges from travel writing to book and film reviews to wildly speculative essays on the science-fictional condition. You can find him exploring the Earth's fate after climate change at https://theposthuman.world, or on Twitter as @m1k3y.

Get in touch if you have an idea for a talk to give at the next Prototypes and Popcorn!