"The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture" documents the image of the cyborg in all its imaginative guises. The title is from a 1919 essay by Sigmund Freud, which describes “the uncanny” as that which is familiar and strange at the same time. The idea of the cyborg ― a person whose physical abilities are augmented and extended by machine technology ― has been in existence for decades, and is one of the most persistent and intriguing cultural images of the last century. The cyborg is a cipher ― an enigmatic figure that is human but not human; a machine but not a machine. It exists at the intersection of science, technology, and culture. For some, the cyborg is evident in the massive presence of technology in our lives; we are constantly aided by machines, whether they are computers, vehicles, or military weapons that extend and amplify our presence in the natural world, or medical prosthetics, such as pacemakers, artificial limbs, and eyeglasses, which maintain and reinforce our existing physical bodies. How is one to understand the persistence of the cyborg in the visual arts and popular culture, in science and literature, or in medicine and cultural theory? This book, in its various essays and images, presents the cyborg as an “uncanny” image that reflects our shared fascination and dread of the machine and its presence in our daily lives. Includes essays and excerpts by Allan Antliff, Bruno Bettelheim, Randy Lee Cutler, Sigmund Freud, William Gibson, Bruce Grenville, Makiko Hara, Donna Haraway, Masanori Oda, Jeanne Randolph, and Toshiya Ueno ― Book cover. A list of works in the exhibition of is included.