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Categories: Computer art
Relevant passages:
Verena Kuni «Mythical Bodies II. Cyborg configurations as formations of (self-)creation in the imagination space of technological (re)production (II): The promises of monsters and posthuman anthropomorphisms»
Jill Scott «Extensive Bodies»
Check as well:
Francesca da Rimini Alba D'Urbano VNS Matrix Francesca da Rimini «Dollspace» VNS Matrix «All New Gen» Alba D'Urbano «Hautnah»
Victoria Vesna
«Bodies INCorporated»
Initially, the participant is invited to construct a virtual body out of predefined body-parts, textures, and sounds, and gain membership to the larger body-owner community. The main elements of the online site are three constructed environments (subsidiaries of Bodies© INCorporated), within which different sets of activities occur: LIMBO© INCorporated, a gray, rather non-descript zone, where information about inert bodies that have been put on hold -- bodies whose owners have abandoned or neglected them -- is accessed; NECROPOLIS© INCorporated, a richly textured, baroque atmosphere, where owners can either look at or choose how they wish their bodies to die; and SHOWPLACE!!!© INCorporated," where members can participate in discussion forums, view star/featured bodies of the week, bet in the deadpools, and enter "dead" or "alive" chat sessions. (Quelle: bodiesinc.ucla.edu)
