Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Ovu and Aphrodite

Though short, the two examples provided in this short news story http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews/ovu-and-aphrodite-mobilefest
are quite thought-provoking. I was curious about the accuracy of the Basal Body Temperature read by the thermistor and how this was art, and not a commercial piece. The idea of disguising instead of stripping down the technology seemed like the job of a commercial designer not an artist. The shoes on the other hand seemed more artistic since the designer included a statement of purpose. "Platforms is designed to question moral attitudes and value judgments" I think that by selecting a specific group of people and making a social commentary on a different aspect of safety versus legality, we re-humanize the somewhat dehumanized.

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