Lyndsey WALSH

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Lyndsey WALSH

Participating Project	Research Residency Program
Activity Based	Berlin
City / Place stayed	Tokyo
Period	2025.1 - 2025.3

Purpose of the residency

In 2019, Japan was the first country in the world to legalize the full-term gestation of human and nonhuman chimeric organisms to grow human organs and bodily components in nonhuman hosts. Lyndsey Walsh’s residency sets out to investigate the impending birth of these creatures. This residency aims to examine how the existence of technoscientifically generated chimeras has emerged from a long-standing legacy of chimeric creatures, monsters, and yōkaigaku (“the science of weirdness”) in Japan. This residency also aims to critically examine how chimeras in our emerging present are re-imagining possible futures and modes of being.

Plan during the residency

• Research yōkaigaku and explore the archives of Dr. Inoue Enryō at Toyo University
• Build transdisciplinary collaborative relationships and network with scientists at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University
• Research and collect materials related to contemporary monster culture in popular culture, video games, and media
• Gather protocols and technical knowledge
• Prototype artworks and exhibit outcomes during TOKAS Open Studio

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