Cybernetics and the Chimeric Body New York Performances

Now playing at Pioneer Works, *Cybernetics and the Chimeric Body* brings together climber-engineer Hugh Herr and designer-performer Ana Rajčević in a Rock/Pop setting shaped by prosthetics research. Herr’s work, including patents such as the Rheo Knee and powered ankle-foot systems, anchors the program’s attention on bodies rebuilt through engineering and the politics of “normal” movement. The piece sits inside New York’s long-running conversation about disability, technology, and performance, even without a documented NYC premiere. One clear point emerges: the future body is already here, and it arrives unevenly.