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5 Oct

This photo book contrasts the human body with ‘hyper-natural’

This photo book contrasts the human body with ‘hyper-natural’
Collaboration sits at the guts of the creative world. When artists bring together their talent, a special alchemy can occur. This was the case for make-up artist Thomas de Kluyver and photographer Zoë Ghertner’s recent book, already past and already again there. Created meticulously over the course of three years, the book presents a free-flowing series of images that explore the human body inside each the natural and ‘hyper-natural’ worlds. After first meeting on the set of a shoot nine years ago, the 2 creatives bonded over their shared artistic understanding and have since built up a definite language which they dropped at already past and already again there. “Zoë and I even have something quite symbiotic after we work together,...
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23 Aug

Becoming cyborgs: exploring the longer term of the human

Becoming cyborgs: exploring the longer term of the human
“Humans as we all know them won’t exist in the subsequent 50-100 years,” says Professor Kevin Warwick, British engineer, recipient of two higher doctorates, nine honorary doctorates, and certainly one of the world’s first cyborgs. “I definitely see a future by which we’re all adapted with cyborg abilities indirectly.” Human potential is evolving, and discussion around the concept of cyborgs is being met with increasing fervour by the broader public. The term cyborg has many nuanced meanings, but most frequently refers to those whose physical abilities are prolonged beyond normal human limitations, largely as a result of the mixing of human and machine – where technology becomes one with the human body. Professor Warwick has been experimenting on himself since 1998, dedicating...
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21 Aug

Lucy McRae combines art and science to probe the

Lucy McRae combines art and science to probe the
What happens to the body when technology is enacted upon it? When it enters our body, once we start wearing it, once we start eating it? It’s a matter that's becoming more relevant as we turn out to be increasingly intimate with technology, and our bodies are being consistently mediated by machines - what are AirPods, for instance, if not aural implants? Absent of any wires they will sit in your ears all day, eliminating the seam between the body and the machine. The boundaries are collapsing and it's these points of interface and instability that artist Lucy McRae is concerned about. Part artist, part scientist, part futurist, McRae created the title “Body Architect” for herself as a option to encompass...
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11 Jul

Becoming cyborgs: exploring the longer term of the human

Becoming cyborgs: exploring the longer term of the human
What happens when the lines blur between the digital and the natural, when what’s synthetic becomes real, when science meets science fiction? “Humans as we all know them won’t exist in the following 50-100 years,” says Professor Kevin Warwick, British engineer, recipient of two higher doctorates, nine honorary doctorates, and one in all the world’s first cyborgs. “I definitely see a future wherein we’re all adapted with cyborg abilities in a roundabout way.” Human potential is evolving, and discussion around the concept of cyborgs is being met with increasing fervour by the broader public. The term cyborg has many nuanced meanings, but most frequently refers to those whose physical abilities are prolonged beyond...
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