
Revolutions in Technology Have the Power to Upend Societies
Parables for the Biotech Age is a multimedia experience that merges art, music, animation, and video into an onstage performance.
The biotech revolution will shape more than science—it will alter our emotional landscapes and the ways we connect with each other and the environment. Parables confronts profound questions about our collective future.
Does a vial of DNA foretell my fate? Is a bioengineered animal organ donor my kin? Parables transforms these unsettling questions into a visceral experience that challenges how we connect with each other and the natural world.
Join us on November 9th, 7pm-8:30pm, where MAXlive will feature Parables as part of the MAXmachina festival.




Artists & Performers
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Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Heather is a New York-based artist and biohacker interested in art as research and technological critique. She has a PhD in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is an Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium, and is an affiliate of Data & Society. Her work is held in public collections of the Centre Pompidou, the Victoria and Albert Museum, SFMoMA, among others.
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Pearlyn Lii
Pearlyn is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whose practice investigates personhood, neomythology, and the divine feminine. Lii is an alumna of NEW INC, and her work has been presented at New York Live Arts, New Art City, JO-HS, The New York Times, Google; covered by Dezeen, Vogue Italia, Wallpaper*, Art in America, and Casa BRUTUS. Lii has worked with the Guggenheim Bilbao, Whitewall Magazine, and Maison Kitsuné.
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Sue Huang
Sue is a new media artist whose work addresses collective experience. Her research explores ecological intimacies, human/nonhuman relations, and speculative futures. Huang has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati; Philadelphia Contemporary; ISEA in Montreal; and Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, among others.
Video & Animation
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Björk, Drew Berry
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Baum & Leahy
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Sputniko!
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Tyler Holmes, Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater
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Lovisa Minkiewicz, Jeroen van Kempen, Jasmijn van der Weide
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Emily Marquette, Wei Huang, Mahsa Banadaki