Floris Kaayk (The Netherlands) / Biography
METALOSIS MALIGNA

Metalosis Maligna is a fictitious documentary about a spectacular yet chronically disabling disease which affects patients who have been fitted with medical implants. According to the documentary, Metalosis Maligna occurs when a metal implant has a bad interaction with human body tissues, causing the metal to grow tendrils that eventually puncture the skin from within and destroy it. The movie shows the development of the disease from its beginning through the gory advanced stages, by which time entire sections of flesh have fallen away and all that is left is a skeleton of scrap metal.


VIDEO: Metalosis Maligna (07:43), GB/NL, in English, color, stereo, DVD, 2006
PHOTO CREDITS: Floris Kaayk, Metalosis Maligna, 2006, stills from a color video. © 2006 Floris Kaayk
METALOSIS MALIGNA Floris Kaayk
CONTENTS

DVD-ROM 1
I. ARTIFICIAL BUT ACTUAL: Artificial Life
II. LIMITS OF MODELING: Evolutionary Design
III. SHINING PROSTHESES: Robotics

DVD-ROM 2
IV. BODY AS TECHNOLOGY: Techno-body Modification
V. MORE THAN A COPY, LESS THAN NOTHINGNESS: Bio and Genetic Engineering
VI. SEMI-LIVING: Tissue and Stem Cells Engineering
VII. POST SCRIPTUM: Re-Coding