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        Mou[Sim]
        – A Speculative Mouse Simulator for Post-Human Ethics                 Winter 2022
        ARCH 333
        Fabrication and representation
        Critic: Zain Abuseirt

        Exhibition installation
        In a post-human future, biological remnants such as mouse cell lines (e.g., C2C12) are cultivated in hybrid bio-chips. These devices mimic complex biological systems, allowing humanity to simulate and interrogate ethical dilemmas related to life, commodification, and technological intervention. "MouSim" serves as both a historical archive and a moral probe, questioning the cost of progress and whether humans can truly disengage from exploitative practices.

        MouSim is an experimental bio-archive that explores the intersection of memory, autonomy, and ethics through living muscle simulations. Utilizing C2C12 muscle tissues, the system replicates mechanical muscle function and metabolic processes, sustaining movement independent of cognition. Integrated neuro-chip add-ons incorporate archival neural data from past behavioral studies, creating a form of reactive "muscle memory" that suggests the persistence of embodied experience beyond sentience. Ethical simulators further expand this inquiry, testing speculative scenarios about the moral implications of reanimating biological fragments. Positioned as a "moral sandbox," MouSim challenges societal perspectives on the ethics of resurrecting life—whether for scientific exploration, consumption, or profit—confronting the boundaries between preservation, replication, and commodification.









        In the mid-21st century, the last real mouse expired, a victim of genetic over-experimentation and ecological collapse. The "Mouse-on-a-Chip" (MouSim) project was born to preserve the essence of these creatures—not as living beings, but as fragments of their biological legacy or labor


        Experiment Log #042

        Date: March 4, 2062

        Subject: C2C12 Bio-Muscle Tissue (Archive ID: MouSim)

        Status: Non-conscious movement, no neural feedback

        Observations:
        — The muscle tissue contracts continuously in a liquid medium, simulating past experimental data.
        — Electrical stimulation triggers brief twitches, but no signs of cognition.
        — Records indicate these cells were once part of a living being.
        But if it only contracts—without fleeing, feeding, trembling, or exploring—
        Is it still a mouse?
        If tissue can remember, to whom does that memory belong?
        If muscle still responds, is it living—or merely carrying out an endless experiment?


        — Researcher X, final log entry

















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