Cross border collab project

Myself and my partner joe decided to do something related to the occupy movements in SF and Vancouver and connect them in a way that was accessible. We decided to show these two projects by displaying the signage of the movements and putting them up in the areas where the occupations were. We managed ourselves mostly through skype, but the idea was a little rushed, due to the time constraints. There was clearly a disagreement in goals, as our collaborators wanted to make them more "arty" and take away the message. We of course thought this was a bit silly, and wanted to display the political nature of this protest. It was interesting to work remotely, but it was frustrating to work out details and i would have spent more time on that for sure. I think what would have helped is a mash-up of the groups based on interest rather than randomness. Overall i got a good project out of it and it wasn't too daunting.

Occupy SF and Vancouver

My idea is to have each group map out the occupy movements in their respective city. It would include an outlined gps track of the space being occupyied and photographs from the occupations.
Lastly, the outlines could be laid over each others occupation, to see which one is bigger and any similarities.



OccupySF

OccupyVancouver

Augmentation Final Result

Transhumanism Explored

I'm very interested in exploring the ways people can change their bodies through their hands. I feel that hand modification through the addition of sensors and electronics that react to the environment are very interesting,

This person i find most interesting, Lepht Anonym:


She is exploring what she calls "practical transhumanism", not by waiting for technology to catch up to implement body modifications, but using today's technologies to implant magnets in each of her finger tips. By doing this she can sense magnetic fields around her. Here is a video of someone performing the proceedure



Another thing that is inspiring is the rfid inplants by Amal Graafstra, he has implanted 2 rfids in his hands that allow him to unlock his computer and open doors:

This is all very exciting territory yet i can't help but think that these "experiments" in rfid tagging will soon be standard in place of id cards or transit passes. We must understand these technologies enough so they do not get used against us.

Logo Heist Postup

I wanted to post mine in a space that would give the sense of what the future would be like. I don't think it would be out of the question to have parks that were sanctioned as being "safe" for kids by chemical companies. Seeing this sign, you know it would be safe to let your children roam free without their biosuits.

Short Documentary about Ai Weiwei

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ai-wei-wei/

Chance result

After one pass

after 5 passes