“New Humans” Takes a Disappointingly Old Approach to Disability
When I picture cyborgs, I can’t help but picture the ones I know—all of them are disabled. Insulin pumps, cochlear implants, and pacemakers make human-machine hybrids out of people every day. So when I saw that New York’s New Museum was reopening with a cyborg-centric show, “New Humans: Memories of the Future,” I assumed it would account for the disability arts movement blossoming right there in the museum’s backyard.I winced, then, when I read the artist list
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