part b of intervention: Cyborg painting

Part of my intervention project involved this painting. The writing is impossible to read in this photograph but its basically a list of cyborg technology that we currently use (including pen and paper) and a few ideas I find interesting - The cyborg as a means of liberation, transcendence through the use of technology. The consequences of being substrate/subject of new technology. The redefinition of human experience through technologies.

I painted the cyborg this way because I think a particular controversy surrounding the Uncanny Cyborg/Android present revolves around mechanizing sexual companionship, or around molding the female form to fit a particular sexual ideal. Engineers design sex bots and women get breast implants and liposuction. This is one thing mentioned in the paper, which is linked below.

Thanks for looking!