Week 9- Technologised Bodies

Q1: To what extent are we already experiencing a man-machine symbiosis that has turned us into cyborgs (or posthuman bodies)? Chirstiane Paul (Digital Art, p166)

Recently, our world become improving a lot. More technology is used in our life, we can be be seperate from technology. For an example, using mobile phone is being a part of our life. If one day i forget to bring my mobile, i will be very nervous and feel uncomfortable. Technology also make our life become more perfect. Such as glasses, it can make people with eye problems see things clearly




Q2: What are some pros and cons of becoming a cyborg

Pros:

• can help people to work
• can satisfy people's want(eg. stronger)
• everything can be mended
• can cover the weakness of human body

Cons:

• less of human emotion
• cannot exactly replace human
• unnatural
  
  
  

Q3: What do you think of Stelarc's work?

Stelarc Exoskeleton 1999Stelarc Ping Body 1996Stelarc Third Hand 1992

• i can't imagine that a human can be explain like this way before watching Stelarc's work


• break the traditional art form


• showing human in a new angle of art