1 Skin Exobody (Humano 2.0) ? F.A.q. Sao Paulo 2006 Natasha Vita-More CAiiA Planetary Collegium

2 … Aesthetics and expressions are merging with science and technology in designing increased sensory experiences … Emotions are integral to our senses and understanding, awareness and self-responsibility … We are designing the technologies to improve and extend life. Transhuman Statement of Art Nossas as expressões estéticas fundem com ciência e a tecnologia em projetar aumentou experiências sensórias. … As emoções são integrais a nossos sentidos e para entendimento, consciência e auto-responsabilidade. … Projetamos as tecnologias melhorar e estender vida.

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5 posthuman human transhuman biology biotech Art postbiological cybernetics A-Life superintelligence artificial general intelligence sensorial morph robotics computers

6 SENSE OF IDENTITY / PERSONHOOD o sentido de identidade

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10 BOUNDARIES OF SKIN os limites de pele

11 ExoBody ExoCorpo

12 Negative Biotech Art vs. Utopian Ideal = Critical Analysis

13 How do we define a new art form that utilizes the merging of genetics, art and information technologies, when it is augmented and accented through the interaction of these fields and in the process replaces bio-textuality and bio- imagery with a wide ranging 'moist visualization'?” (Melentie Pandilovski, Experimental Art Foundation)

14 mensagens escondidas na pele HIDDEN MESSAGES IN THE SKIN

15 Nanorobot in skin

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17 mind without body, skin without tissue a mente sem corpo, esfola sem tecido Even the most extreme telepresence and virtual reality scenarios we have presented avoid complete bodylessness by always providing the mind with a consistent sensory (and motor) image, obtained from an actual remote robot body, or from a computer simulation. In those scenarios, a person may sometimes exist without a physical body, but never without the illusion of having one." (Hans Moravec, “Pigs in Cybespace”)

18 networked skin Christian Möller

19 telepresence skin Elizabeth Goodman

20 Animated Virtual Second Skin in Second Life TransVision Transhumanist Conference 2006

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27 Obrigado. Natasha Vita-More ? F.A.q Sao Paulo