Immortek, 2000--
The Immortek project is the cover for a fictitious cryonics company. Through public performance, I use Immortek as a vehicle
to explore moral and religious issues related to people's fear and fascination with death, and corporate culture's willingness to profit from people's fears.
By combining descriptions of actual medical procedures and technology with science fiction, I also use the Immortek project as a way
to explore the grey areas of truth in representation and the real/unreal.
In my public performances,
I portray myself as an Immortek recruiter. I pretend to sign participants (guinea pigs) into Immortek's research program, which bartered services for
donation/experimentation on major organs. For instance, I might say, "In our economy plan, we offer free neurocryopreservation! We freeze your brain for free,
if you participate in some clinical trials...or if you donate one of your paired organs...." During these performances, I would also highlight key
features of Immortek's services. "You pay good money, you get whole body cryopreservation... as well as...free cryopreservation of your favorite pet!"
"What makes Immortek the leader in advanced cryonic technology research and suspension services? Unlike Alcor and other companies that provide
cryopreservation services, Immortek can revive a person from cryostasis today, using our patented Ultra L23 nanobots!"
Immortek consists of poster advertisements, an extensive website, radio commercials, and an IVR telephone system. (Please see links below)
Link to archived website.
Download the Radio Commercial in mp3 format.
