under your skin
Body art studio, London, UK.
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Why Augmented reality?
This is my attempt to engage interactively with my ethnographic findings. I was intrigued to see if I could illustrate the whys in which my participants see the world as a way to offer a better understanding on the way they experience and interact with the world.
Biohackers seem to look for another layer of possibilities to bridge technology and the body, which in the most parts, had not yet made reality. Nevertheless, the emphasis on the future with a hands on (literally) approach they are pushing towards making those layers a reality.
I have decided to try to reach to AR as an attempt to think visually on these layers and have physical interaction with the layer that not yet exist, making the fictional elements of their world present.
Therefore, the 'Biohackers Dreams', represents my findings regarding the much discussed future of this practice and participants aspired body augmentation visions.
- Biohackers Dreams -
Biohackers wish to push the boundaries with whatever new or old technology they can reach. They take upon their mission to challenge the limits of the human body, human - machine interaction and what 'being human' will look or feel like down the road.
- Some Thoughts -
Dana Greenfield, Medical Anthropologist.
Dana Greenfield, a Medical Anthropologist, researching the the Quantified Self movement wrote In her paper "Deep Data: Notes on the n of 1":
"n signifies the number of participants in an experimental study, the n of 1 suggests that
knowledge can be gained at the scale of the individual. The n of 1 rejects the requirements of large numbers of subjects for statistical validity and expert credentials" (p.125).
She points out how her participants referred to the key figures in the movement as people who puts their "skin in the game", who "live life experimentally, who make the everyday amenable to scientific inquiry, and serve as examples of what I call Homoexperimentus." (p.135)
"I": Biohacker and a security company founder in London.
"Augmentation ought to be seen less as a solution than as a tool [vocal emphasis] you can use to build yourself in new directions.", "I": Biohacker and a security company founder in London.
Amal Graafstra, founder and CEO of Dangerous Things
""the 'socially acceptable' of tommorrow will be defined by bounderis pused today"
Amal Graafstra, founder and CEO of Dangerous Things
While I'm mainly presenting my findings, this section is where I seek to make space to contemplate and question on certain implications if or when humanity will make other layers come to life.
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