" Hyperdressing " is inspired by the writings of Timothy Morton and his concepts hyperobjects and... more " Hyperdressing " is inspired by the writings of Timothy Morton and his concepts hyperobjects and ecological thought. This paper views the evolution of wearable technologies in terms of both dressing and environmental awareness. Historically, dressing has always been bound up with technology. Ideas, behaviors, and materials come together on our bodies so as to administer to our human condition. Since the rise of capitalism, the dominant paradigm for dressing has been fashion. The paper focuses on fashion as one of the premises driving current wearable technology trends. The others are ubiquitous computing, affective computing, our innate yearning for perfection, and the Quantified Self. Sleek products like Google Glass offer both style and enhancement: a framing of reality as expanding information brought under our control and tailored to us. But the paper describes alternative wearable technology research that presumes a world increasingly beyond our control. As technology changes, dressing now undergoes a slow, steady disruption—a transformation from the fashion paradigm that serves individual self or self-identity, to a next phase. Will dressing accessorize a Quantified Self based in biometric devices that accelerate environmental waste? Or might we dress for greater intimacy and openness amid overpowering natural forces and hyperobjects?
Interview regarding issues raised in Susan Elizabeth Ryan's book, Garments of Paradise. Geert Lov... more Interview regarding issues raised in Susan Elizabeth Ryan's book, Garments of Paradise. Geert Lovink and Rebecca Louise Breuer
Geert Lovink is a media theorist, critic, and activist who teaches at the Institute for Networked... more Geert Lovink is a media theorist, critic, and activist who teaches at the Institute for Networked Cultures, University of Amsterdam. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne and was a founder of the Nettime mailing lists. He is also a member of Adilkno (Foundation for the ...
Eyebeam talk at the New School, New York, Oct. 27, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_eso0... more Eyebeam talk at the New School, New York, Oct. 27, 2014
Bodily sensations were long associated with dress and fashion: the physicality of fit, the sensat... more Bodily sensations were long associated with dress and fashion: the physicality of fit, the sensation of sweep, the hand of the textile, rustle of fabrics, the weight of drape, even the smell of clothes. Today somesthesis—or corporeal experience—is increasingly virtualized, and dress exemplifies neoliberalism's appropriation of visualization technologies and digital consumerism to eliminate the human body from design in favor of a virtual body or data double. We are witnessing a long transformation of our physical selves.
" Hyperdressing " is inspired by the writings of Timothy Morton and his concepts hyperobjects and... more " Hyperdressing " is inspired by the writings of Timothy Morton and his concepts hyperobjects and ecological thought. This paper views the evolution of wearable technologies in terms of both dressing and environmental awareness. Historically, dressing has always been bound up with technology. Ideas, behaviors, and materials come together on our bodies so as to administer to our human condition. Since the rise of capitalism, the dominant paradigm for dressing has been fashion. The paper focuses on fashion as one of the premises driving current wearable technology trends. The others are ubiquitous computing, affective computing, our innate yearning for perfection, and the Quantified Self. Sleek products like Google Glass offer both style and enhancement: a framing of reality as expanding information brought under our control and tailored to us. But the paper describes alternative wearable technology research that presumes a world increasingly beyond our control. As technology changes, dressing now undergoes a slow, steady disruption—a transformation from the fashion paradigm that serves individual self or self-identity, to a next phase. Will dressing accessorize a Quantified Self based in biometric devices that accelerate environmental waste? Or might we dress for greater intimacy and openness amid overpowering natural forces and hyperobjects?
Interview regarding issues raised in Susan Elizabeth Ryan's book, Garments of Paradise. Geert Lov... more Interview regarding issues raised in Susan Elizabeth Ryan's book, Garments of Paradise. Geert Lovink and Rebecca Louise Breuer
Geert Lovink is a media theorist, critic, and activist who teaches at the Institute for Networked... more Geert Lovink is a media theorist, critic, and activist who teaches at the Institute for Networked Cultures, University of Amsterdam. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne and was a founder of the Nettime mailing lists. He is also a member of Adilkno (Foundation for the ...
Eyebeam talk at the New School, New York, Oct. 27, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_eso0... more Eyebeam talk at the New School, New York, Oct. 27, 2014
Bodily sensations were long associated with dress and fashion: the physicality of fit, the sensat... more Bodily sensations were long associated with dress and fashion: the physicality of fit, the sensation of sweep, the hand of the textile, rustle of fabrics, the weight of drape, even the smell of clothes. Today somesthesis—or corporeal experience—is increasingly virtualized, and dress exemplifies neoliberalism's appropriation of visualization technologies and digital consumerism to eliminate the human body from design in favor of a virtual body or data double. We are witnessing a long transformation of our physical selves.
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