Iaconesi-Persico, The cure

In 2012, Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer. He decided to turn his tumor into a global performance and radical experiment by publishing online his medical data. His goal was to crowdsource his cancer, engage people from all over the world to find a cure, and discover what being cured meant in the information age. The book interweaves an intensely personal story, a multidisciplinary research exploring different topics related to the present and future of medicine, and a toolkit whose intent is to suggest ways to actively preserve our human complexity in the age of interconnected knowledge. Cancer – and the cures suggested by people worldwide – becomes a powerful metaphor of our condition as contemporary human beings in the digital era. “The Cure” is an open-source cure, a non-fiction story narrated in a completely original way, and a book that can change our perspective on disease and possible treatments.

Salvatore Iaconesi is an interaction designer, robotics engineer, artist, hacker. TED Fellow 2012, Eisenhower Fellow since 2013, and Yale World Fellow 2014. Iaconesi teaches Near Future Design at La Sapienza University in Rome and ISIA Design Florence. Co-founder of Art is Open Source and Human Ecosystems.

Oriana Persico is an artist, cyber-ecologist, expert in participatory policies and digital inclusion. Persico has worked with national governments and the European Union. She teaches Near Future Design at ISIA Design Florence. Co-founder at Art is Open Source and Human Ecosystems.

Introduction by Ervin László and Pier Mario Biava

Text, illustrations
Subject: Technology, medicine 
Pages: 320 
Publication date: March 2016 
Original title: La cura