We search for parallels between computer and human bodies, looking at how we overheat and sweat, bleed coolant, and are circuited through our veins. In an era of thinner phones and hidden wires, the physical footprint of our technology is obscured, erasing the reminder for maintenance and care. How does this impact those with insulin pumps at their hips or prosthetic arms that require batteries? Can we push back against the techno-optomist desire to create posthuman bodies by seeking to understand the machines already in our homes?

Who Cares for the Cyborg?, Vector Festivals 2026 flagship exhibition looks at the shift from “computer” as a human, often female, mathematician, to an electronic technology with seemingly unlimited applications. Artists Ailin Dong, Angelina Almanza, Daniel Miller, Pranya Gulati, and Lee Henderson investigate the history of the computational body: machinic, biological, or in-between.