•Artistic reflections on illness •Effects of ecology, economics and technology on health •Mental health in a time of crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the fragility of the human body painfully perceptible. Through essays and contributions of international artists and activists, this anthology poses the question of how and by whom a body is defined as healthy or sick. At the intersection of ecology, economics and technology, Kingdom of the Ill investigates a shift in the relationship between health and illness, contamination and purity, care and neglect. How are climate change and pollution affecting our well-being? Given the collective state of exhaustion, looming economic hardships, public healthcare cuts, and the dissolution of the boundaries between online and offline, how can one actually stay healthy and well?

Following Techno Globalization Pandemic , Kingdom of the Ill curated by Sara Cluggish and Pavel S. Py is the second chapter in the long-term research program TECHNO HUMANITIES launched in 2021 by Museion Bozen's Director Bart van der Heide.

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Cover Title Table of contents Copyright Foreword Kingdom of the Ill: Emergent Discourses on Access in the Arts Kingdom of the Ill A Post-covid Dispatch from California's covid Hotspot In the (Good) Hands of Tech Lynn Hershman Leeson, Mary Maggic, and P. Staff in Conversation Vorwort Kingdom of the Ill: Aktuelle Diskurse über den Zugang in den Künsten Kingdom of the Ill Königreich der Kranken Ein Post-covid- Lagebericht aus dem covid-Hotspot Kaliforniens In den (guten) Händen der Technologie Lynn Hershman Leeson, Mary Maggic und P. Staff im Round-Table-Gespräch Prefazione Kingdom of the Ill: Tematiche emergenti sull'accessibilità in arte Kingdom of the Ill - Il regno dei malati Cronaca Post-covid dall'hotspot californiano della pandemia Nelle (buone) mani della tecnologia Conversazione tra Lynn Hershman Leeson, Mary Maggic e P. Staff