What is your opinion of combining technology and the human body as she did in the video?
I think tech and the human body can be combined to do good, such as artificial limbs or hearing aids. But I also think there's a limit; there comes a point where technology becomes invasive into the human body (like the swallowed perfume). We are organic and too much tech can rob us of that. For example, we feel pain so we take man-made pain killers. But then those medicines start messing with our bodies. Tylenol hurts your liver, Advil is hard on your stomach, and Excedrin is bad for your nervous system. So I think it's how you use technology in combination with the human body that gives it its purpose.
What is your opinion of combining a media arts and science project with your own body?
I had talked about this in an earlier post, but one MAS project I'd like to try involving the body is painting in the cave (cave paintings?). It could be as simple as using the gyro mouse to get long, sweeping motions of large screens to create very wide and fluid images. Or it could get more complicated and involve sensors on different parts of the body and the individual could dance, leaving pixel-paint on the walls that mimicked the motions of the dancer. That would be awesome.
What is identity of self in the digital world?
Identity of self is such a hard thing to accomplish in the digital world because you can be anybody you want to be. And that means you can lie to not only everyone online, but also to yourself. But it also means that your identity could reflect what you want it to be. If you believe in the ID you have online, doesn't that make it part of yourself? And isn't that technically your identity? So the digital world can allow you to explore who you want to be before you chose to become it. And that is power.
How will you change this book?
I will transform it from something straight-forward and logical to something organic and cyclical whist representing raster data. Plus circles are cool.
How will this book change you?
I think this book will change me by showing me that something aesthetically pleasing can come from something so negative. It will help me to look at the silver lining of things and to trudge on when it gets tough.
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