The Modular Body is an online science fiction story about the creation of OSCAR, a living organism built from human cells. Its inventor is Cornelis Vlasman, a versatile and innovative biologist. With the organism OSCAR, Vlasman demonstrates that it is possible to create modular life. Stem cells can be reprogrammed, grown and printed as any type of human tissue. The line separating humans from machines is gradually becoming thinner. What if this modular organism could be the model for a modular human body?
Director: Floris Kaayk; Research / scenario: Floris Kaayk / Ine Poppe; Interface design: LUSTlab; Animation: Floris Kaayk, Adriaan van Veldhuizen; Online strategy: Nienke Huitenga; Producer: seriousFilm; Co-producer: VPRO; Financially supported by Mediafonds, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie, Fonds 21, Stroom Den Haag, VPRO
