Dissertação
Ciborgue: uma concepção do corpo na arte contemporânea
Fecha
2013-03-22Registro en:
VARES, Manoela Freitas. CYBORG: A CONCEPTION OF THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY ART. 2013. 128 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Artes) - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 2013.
Autor
Vares, Manoela Freitas
Institución
Resumen
This contemporary art study aims to understand how the human body is
modified through the contact with technological devices, especially considering Art
and Technology works.The concepts of post-human and cyborg are discussed
through the art works and so on studied and analyzed in the art field. The
hybridization between human body and technology gives to it other features,
widening or changing it and transforming it into a cyborg. This concept of cyborg talks
about a body that shows new ways of communicating, establishing another power
relations and, more importantly, assuming the features of being connectable,
upgradeable and public. This master thesis helps the discussion and thinking about
artistic experiences that use technologies that provides extensions of the body as an
experience in the field of Contemporary Art.