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| Personal Name | Abeledo, Ryanorlie B. |
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| Resource Title | > upgrade | Homo sapiens sapiens: A Transmedial Space Depicting a Hyperconsumerist Future of Synthetic Human Organs |
| Date Issued | 4 December 2017 |
| Abstract | This thesis delves into the creation of a transmedial space through sculptures, moving images, and graphic design in order to present a possible posthuman condition. The hyperconsumerism of biotechnology was portrayed using various audio and visual media while using metonymy of materials and appropriation as strategies to depict synthetic human organs as commodified products. The practice of tissue culture was used as a metonymic model from which the creation of assemblage sculptures could be patterned. Discarded tools from science laboratories were appropriated in creating sculptures and installations, and the metonymy of materials was also employed in the creation of texture effects in computer-generated imagery to represent the perceived artificiality of the products of biotechnology. Advertising collaterals that emulate the style of luxury technology advertisements were designed to show that the value of the organs are dependent on the upgrade they provide to the human body rather than their life-saving purpose. Mutation and glitch were deployed as motifs to suggest uncertainties in the reliability of commercial biotechnology. The resulting exhibition is part of my continuing exploration of science as a theme in contemporary art practice and an attempt to capture the imagination of the audience to visualize the trajectories of humanity as we continue to interface with technology. Through it, I posit that in a hyperconsumerist society, synthetic human organs will be produced to satisfy wants rather than needs. |
| Degree Course | Master of Fine Arts |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Video; Transmedial space; Hyperconsumerism; Metonymy of materials; Computer-generated imagery; Posthumanism; Graphic Design; Installation; Sculpture; Sound; Transhumanism |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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