[-empyre-] Week One: Wearable Technologies

[Renate Ferro]

During the month of April, Patrick Lichty hosted a discussion on -empyre
dealing with Augmented Realities.  During the month I was noticed that the
discussion often included wearable technologies that augmented the senses.
 I recently came across an interview with Stelarc on You Tube just a few
days ago where he said in relationship to his own performance work, “The
body is obsolete: These performance projects position the body as a kind of
evolutionary architecture for operation and awareness in the world. Here we
have the biological architecture of the body and when you add technology to
it you can extend its operational capabilities.  The body is not seen as a
site for the psyche more for social inscription but is seen as a structure
not as an object of desire but as possibly an object for redesign.” Perhaps
during the month we will be able to talk more about the intersections of the
body, technology and architecture.



Tim and I are hoping that last month's discussion and guests will join this
month's group as we talk specifically about wearable technologies.  We would
like to introduce *Janis Jefferies* (UK) and Valérie Lamontagne (CA) whose
biographies I just sent out a few minutes ago.  Janis and Valérie will be
making posts tonight or tomorrow given our time zone differences.  Welcome
to them!


Renate Ferro

Renate Ferro
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Cornell University
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