I call this photograph African Fate not to be confused with the Greek Fates who controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. The horned, African Fate created by me is the full embodiment of pleasure and playtime for all men and beasts. With an African oasis as the backdrop and a party girl as the main focus, the photo combines the docile timidity of modern society with the wild of nature to juxtapose the two worlds. My task is to display a creature who can tame both man and beast thus allowing them time to explore their pleasurable endeavors. The third eye is to watch the souls of those she controls so as to weed out any serious thoughts on survival since she will determine their destiny if fun is not the weightier goal. The African Fate will use the horns of the gazelle to transform into a beast of massive proportion and kill all that deny her objective.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Augmented Art Project
I call this photograph African Fate not to be confused with the Greek Fates who controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. The horned, African Fate created by me is the full embodiment of pleasure and playtime for all men and beasts. With an African oasis as the backdrop and a party girl as the main focus, the photo combines the docile timidity of modern society with the wild of nature to juxtapose the two worlds. My task is to display a creature who can tame both man and beast thus allowing them time to explore their pleasurable endeavors. The third eye is to watch the souls of those she controls so as to weed out any serious thoughts on survival since she will determine their destiny if fun is not the weightier goal. The African Fate will use the horns of the gazelle to transform into a beast of massive proportion and kill all that deny her objective.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Augmentation Art
Neandathol and Grow on you #2
Lucy MacRae and Bart Hess have created works of art that have inspired my inner fascination with fashion as art. Their expressions of beauty are fascinating to behold and wonder. I, especially, enjoy Neandathol and Grow on you #2 for what I perceive as a viewer. As I ponder over the image in Neandathol, I can only imagine that putting the creature in Levi's takes away the profound inhumanity of the subject who is a humanoid with a step towards homo sapiens. The subject is pictured as hairless with deformed, long. blue feet and hands. The wing span of those arms definitely conjures up the beginnings of man and the use of the color blue perhaps to tie in earth or to match those Levi's. Either way the photo is a reminder that the human body has been a canvas for the human mind since the beginning of time.
Grow on you #2 is a site to see. The blue foam around the jawline and eye remind me of shaving cream that turns blue when its time to shave. Or even the foam conjures up the image of a mask that is meant to be worn by a future man who is tired of the shaving ritual. The foam is reminiscent of marble and maybe there is meant to be a juxtaposition of the sculptured and real-life faces.
Sandra Backlund
Sandra Backlund's knit work is inspiring, futuristic, ritualistic and shows her work in craftsmanship and design. Her knitwear is tineless and and has no bounds on the imagination as one can see. Again I am fascinated by the work in fashion to augment and adorn the body. Her knitwear is surreal, polished and a realistic interpretation of this fascination with augmentation.
Lucy MacRae and Bart Hess have created works of art that have inspired my inner fascination with fashion as art. Their expressions of beauty are fascinating to behold and wonder. I, especially, enjoy Neandathol and Grow on you #2 for what I perceive as a viewer. As I ponder over the image in Neandathol, I can only imagine that putting the creature in Levi's takes away the profound inhumanity of the subject who is a humanoid with a step towards homo sapiens. The subject is pictured as hairless with deformed, long. blue feet and hands. The wing span of those arms definitely conjures up the beginnings of man and the use of the color blue perhaps to tie in earth or to match those Levi's. Either way the photo is a reminder that the human body has been a canvas for the human mind since the beginning of time.
Grow on you #2 is a site to see. The blue foam around the jawline and eye remind me of shaving cream that turns blue when its time to shave. Or even the foam conjures up the image of a mask that is meant to be worn by a future man who is tired of the shaving ritual. The foam is reminiscent of marble and maybe there is meant to be a juxtaposition of the sculptured and real-life faces.
Sandra Backlund
Sandra Backlund's knit work is inspiring, futuristic, ritualistic and shows her work in craftsmanship and design. Her knitwear is tineless and and has no bounds on the imagination as one can see. Again I am fascinated by the work in fashion to augment and adorn the body. Her knitwear is surreal, polished and a realistic interpretation of this fascination with augmentation.
Show Your Mood with Brain-Controlled “Necomimi” Cat Ears
Made by the Japanese Neurowear,
Necomimi is the product where fashion and technology meet each other.
The concept idea aims to reach a form of “augmented human body” with the
help of brainwaves and biosensors. The ears on the headband stand up when the wearer concentrates or sees
something interesting. And when the user relaxes, the decreasing brain
activity makes the ears fall down.This may be cute and gimmicky but it stands on the cusp of perceptual computing revolution.In fact, Intel CTO Justin Rattner wore Necomimi onstage and promised Intel will go all the way to mindreading,
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