/1 THE OBJECTUALS, by Hyungkoo Lee. Helmet with lenses which emphasize or minimize various facial features.
/2 BRAINPORT, by Paul Bach-y-Rita. Users interpret the shape, size,location and motion of objects in their environment through to their tongue.
/3 HOOK AND EYE, by Lucy and Bart. Analogue version of plastic surgery using everyday materials.
/4 MENSTRUATION MACHINE, by Sputniko! Metal belt with a blood-dispensing system that replicates the pain and bleeding of the mentruation period.
/5 LED EYELASH, by Soomi Park. Clever LED-sensorized jewelry in response to asian women desire for bigger eyes.
/6 CYBER SM, by Stahl Stenslie and Kirk Woolford. Experiencing real-time sensation across the Internet through remote interaction with someone else.
KEY MESSAGES
- Aesthetic perception/ Sensorial perception.
- Merging sociology with biology: body’s role in social life.
- Facial distorsion, sensorized bodies.
- Analogue alteration of the body without surgery.
- Human body like simple raw material.
- Transfer of the sensory barriers like human sex and physical presence.
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