23
Jan
Future Tag
From digital artists to photographers, body sculptors and hair stylists to makeup and nail artists, in our Spotlight series we profile the creatives tearing up the rulebook in their respective industries.
“I’m trying to put a mirror in front of people,” science fiction artist Esmay Wagemans says, “so we can discuss future possibilities of technology by means by sculpture.”
Esmay Wagemans, the Dutch artist who makes wearable art and body moulds, came to the attention of the art world in 2015, when she was still just a student, with her series of work Second Skin. The project saw Esmay create latex tops that replicated her own breasts which she then wore and posted pictures of on Instagram, with the aim of tackling online censorship...
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A tattoo machine, a microphone, a laser, and a pH-sensing tool – what might seem like the eclectic contents of a south London SET studio are, in fact, the latest nail art innovations from Dazed 100-er Viviane Lee (Cyshimi) and Ikaro Cavalcante (Occulted). During their residency at the Hybrid Body Lab at Cornell University, the duo created a series of functional nail art, challenging the traditional role of nail art and expanding its potential as a space for technological exploration.
With projects including the ”Memory Nail,” which features a tattoo machine embedded in the nail to merge body modification with digital fabrication, and the ”Gossip Nail,” combining a microphone within the nail and a speaker in a ring for discreet communication,...
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