Ideas...

During the presentation we had yesterday for the introduction to this brief I wrote down some notes, bullet pointing some of the areas that were discussed during this time.


Cyborg:

• Human bodies
• Representation of the body
• Technology

Items that are extensions of us:

• Cars
• Mobiles
• Computers/laptops
• Ipods
• Cameras/photographs

A few ideas:

• Power and discipline
• Ethics
• Morals
• Photo montage
• Our relationship to things
• Technological development
• Improving what we can do as humans

Below are the names of some people that I am going to research as a starting point, so I can gain different ideas allowing me to come up with some ideas and direction:

•  Donna Harraway
• Wafaa Bilal
• Fritz Kahn
• Raoul Hausmann
• Hannah Hoch
• Martha Rosler
• Peter Kennard
• Stelarc

A few articles/websites I am going to look at are:

• The Guardian's website
• A Publications about body and society
• Silvian Thompkins - article about our bodies responses

Films I am going to watch as a starting point:

• Metropolis (1927)
• Terminator 2

I also intend to read the book 'The Metamorphosis' by Franz Khan.