Amelia Jones’ ‘The Body and Technology’ explain how artists explore the idea of the human body or mind in reference to technology. She says that even in performance art the body is almost used as a machine, something I have not heard in terms of this medium. It is an accurate way of wording it since the body will literally move for the piece. With the drastic change and advances in technology now, it dictates our experience of life and ourselves.
The next article was written by Geoffrey Bratchen titled ‘Carnal Knowledge’. This article focuses more on the camera itself being the technology as it capture indexical moments of the body. He states that “photography allows an imagined exchange of touches between subject, photograph, and viewer.” Thinking of all these aspects as conversation is relevant to all mediums of art. There is always a dialogue between the artist, the subject of the piece and the viewer.
Another one of the articles was written by Ken Gonzales-Day where he posed the question on whether Latino bodies are cyborg bodies. He makes this comparison due to the fact that “monsters” have always been defined by Western cultures. He references the Cyborg Manifesto where it proposes a world without gender. Gonzales-Day wonders if this idea could apply to race since Latios are referred “other race”.
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