Hi Simon, Just before you sent this - I was reading this article regarding Stelarc...
"Australian artist Stelarc refers to himself as a 'post-human engineer' also used the human body in his work. His work was a lot more technologically focused than Orlan's - which was largly cosmetic. Stelarc was highly concerned about our physical relationship with modern technology - he thought that perhaps technology is moving too fast and we are getting left behind. To Stelarc, machines are becoming more useful than we are, and are beginning to possess better capabilities, to which we are able to compare. Stelarc's projects mean that his body movements have become involuntary, and he no longer has control over what movements his body makes. Stelarc's reinvention of the body for what he refers to as 'post plannatory environments' - a Matrix - like idea - show that he believes that our natural form is simply not enough to survive on 'Planet one' in the future, as technology is advancing at such high-speed. Stelarc does not refer to his body as his own - this distansiation with his own body could distinguish him as a Christian artist (independance of soul) - However Stelac strongly denies this claim. Stelarc states that his overall aim is for humans to have the ability to live without a physical form. He sees the body as a support mechanism for conciousness, and is not necessarily needed for human survival. He believes that conciousness can be captured in a technological form / platform, which would remove us from our current physical restraints." http://louise-ruddick.blog.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_post_human_technological~3578168 > Check out Stelarc¹s take on this > > http://thinkinghead.edu.au/ > > Regards > > Simon > > > On 24/11/08 16:01, "marc garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Scientists add emotions to robotic head. >> >> Claiming that service-class robots will one day be pervasive, >> researchers at the University of the West of England's Bristol Robotics >> Laboratory (BRL) have begun investigating ways to make robots seem more >> human. >> >> Just as PCs are now common in households, workplaces, and parts of our >> environment, BRL expects "service-class" robotic devices to become "a >> pervasive element of our future society." This will represent a "huge >> opportunity for life enhancement and commercial exploitation," the lab adds. >> >> Typical occupations for tomorrow's robotic underlings are expected to >> include: >> >> * Aids for the elderly >> * Domestic servants >> * Tour guides >> * Hotel porters >> * Non beer-drinking "assistants" on construction sites >> * Leisure/gaming robots >> * Numerous military roles >> * "...and so on" >> >> Since service-class robots will occupy environments that contain people, >> there's a fundamental need for them to interact in an easy and natural >> manner with their human companions, BRL notes. >> >> more... >> http://www.deviceguru.com/scientists-add-emotions-to-robotic-head/ >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > Simon Biggs > Research Professor > edinburgh college of art > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.eca.ac.uk > www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.littlepig.org.uk > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number > SC009201 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
