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Marijn Souren | Graduation 2018 | The future of the human body
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Lucyandbart is a photographic collaboration between Lucy and Bart Hess, generating imagery exploring how the human silhouette may evolve.
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The Economics of Evolution: The Perfect Pigeon
Historically, pigeons have been used as décor, entertainment in racing events and, of course, as messengers. They were used as far back as 2,000 years ago to spread news within the Roman Empire, and as recently as the Second World War in intelligence operations.
This project presents a near-future scenario in which the pigeon is once again harnessed for information transfer, but as tamper-proof biological couriers in the employ of biotech companies trying to protect their intellectual property. Through mixed media including physical props, images and narrative, Studio PSK highlights how economic pressure is steering evolution ever more precisely, replacing natural selection.
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GUCCI CYBORG: A Chimeric World of Fluid Identities and Trend-Defying Fashion
Cyborgs have always seduced the human imagination with the endless possibilities that a merger of man and machine entails. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Fritz Lang’ Metropolis to Blade Runner and Robocop, the union of the organic and the synthetic conceal an inherently utopian vision of self-determination, and the freedom to go beyond the rigid classification of human identity that society has imposed. This is the premise of Gucci Cyborg, Gucci’s Fall/Winter 2018-2019 fashion show that recently took place in Milan showcasing Alessandro Michele’s latest collection: a sensational parable of hybrid designs, cross-cultural references, clashing aesthetics and brazen symbols that speaks of the possibility of being liberated from the confines of the natural condition we are born into.
Inspired by feminist philosopher Donna Haraway’s 1984 “A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century”, Michele has created his own visual manifesto challenging the binary categorization of human identity that is forced upon us as a means to both control and regulate us. Identity is neither immutable nor fixed but rather a social and cultural construction, and as such it can be adjusted, redefined or even invented. This is the spirit that inspired Michele’s collection, to legitimize what is considered anomalous, flawed or atypical, manifested in the creative fusion of seemingly incongruous fabrics, patterns and references.
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Het omegapunt is een door de Franse filosoof en theoloog Pierre Teilhard de Chardin bedachte term die een eindmoment in het evolutieproces aangeeft.
De omega (hoofdletter Ω, onderkast ω, Grieks: ω μεγα, lett. grote o) is de 24e en laatste letter van het Griekse alfabet.
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