This is an experimental series of performances that will commence for the week all day except for 28/10/2014.
I became intrigued by the idea that the term ‘cyborg’, originally meant to refer to more simplified technological integration to human physiology, such as someone riding a bike (see James Geary ‘The Body electric: page 5). This I felt had a sense of hilarity.
In contemporary western culture it is not deemed unusual to communicate only using the means of social networking sites, email or mobile phones. Through these means communication has become more accessible; however there are some senses in the wake of technological advancement which are becoming obsolete to communication, such as touch and smell, (face to face contact). According to Professor Dacher Keltner ‘touch is truly fundamental to human communication, bonding and health’. Furthermore it is essential in human development to form attachment to not only one another but objects (see Bowlby and attachment theory). This series of performances aims to highlight this severance of attachment and add a sense of mourning for the loss of the tangible in a sequence according to some of the stages of grief; denial and isolation, anger, bargaining and depression.
Performance 1 (Denial).
Performance 1 (Anger).
Performance 1 (Bargaining).
Performance 1 (Depression).