The Future of Being Human – A Conversation with Viktoria Modesta

Join ground-breaking bionic pop artist, musician, and future-thinker Viktoria Modesta for a wide ranging conversation with Future of Being Human initiative Director Andrew Maynard on art, performance, imagination, disability, augmentation and what it might mean to be human in a technologically advanced world.

Viktoria Modesta

Viktoria Modesta is a ground-breaking bionic pop artist, creative director, musician, and champion of future innovations. Through her work she explores the impact of technology on the future of human lifestyle and culture.

She first stepped onto the global stage with a performance at London 2012 Paralympic Closing Ceremony, followed by her viral music/art video Prototype, commissioned by Channel 4 (currently at over 14 million views).

Viktoria was an MIT Media Lab Directors Fellow in the 2016 Cohort, a member of the 2019 class of Young European Leaders, and is an ambassador for accessibility space initiative Mission Astro access. Her latest project with the Aurelia Institute tapped into a new frontier of body augmentation in microgravity through tech wearables and architectural fashion.