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	<title>norayoung.ca &#187; cyborgs</title>
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		<title>File Under Weird Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking about cyborg chic. If we are inching towards a cyborg reality in medical innovations, perhaps we are also moving towards an aesthetic of obvious human/machine crossover. For instance, consider the cell phone ads featuring hands made up of cell phones, or the hot rising star, the deliberately cyborg-esque singer Janelle Monae. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking about cyborg chic.  If we are inching towards a cyborg reality in medical innovations, perhaps we are also moving towards an aesthetic of obvious human/machine crossover.  For instance, consider the cell phone ads featuring hands made up of cell phones, or the hot rising star, the deliberately cyborg-esque singer <a href="http://www.myspace.com/janellemonae">Janelle Monae</a>.  The weirdly bloated, waxy effect of today&#8217;s injected and implanted cosmetic procedures dovetails nicely with this celebration of obvious artificiality.</p>
<p>An interesting spin on this is the work of Paris-based street artist <a href="http://www.ldvrnht.com/outside.htm">Ludo</a>, who has been making a series called Nature&#8217;s Revenge.  He creates images of plants appended with weapons or electronics, a symbol, I guess, of the other side of our war on nature.  (via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/18/view/3573/natures-revenge-by-ludo.html">Design Boom</a>) If there is such a thing as cyborg chic, what is it telling us about our relationship to nature?</p>
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