Missax 20 10 — 09 Mona Wales The Cure Pt 1

| Theoretical Lens | Connection to the Piece | |------------------|--------------------------| | | The immersive soundscape foregrounds the corporeal perception of the body; listeners become aware of the lived body as a site of both pain and repair. | | Post‑humanism (Hayles, Braidotti) | The hybrid of organic and digital signals challenges the human‑machine binary , aligning with post‑humanist claims that identity is constituted through technological assemblages . | | Medical Humanities | By invoking medical imagery (EKG, x‑ray) while simultaneously critiquing the reductionist view of disease, the work participates in a humanistic critique of biomedicine . | | Aesthetic of the Uncanny (Freud) | The familiar (heartbeat, children’s choir) is rendered strange through glitch and distortion, eliciting an uncanny sensation that mirrors the discomfort of confronting one’s own mortality . |

: Portraying the doctor and head of the household, Cooper provides the clinical, authoritative foil to the more emotional manipulations of the other characters. missax 20 10 09 mona wales the cure pt 1

A man (Codey Steele) wakes up suffering from amnesia in the home of an eccentric "family". He is wearing a "My Crazy Family" shirt and is told he is part of their household. | Theoretical Lens | Connection to the Piece