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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984434017-10122008>Can anyone offer
feedback on the below abstract for an ucomping conference - <A
href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org/">http://www.mediaarthistory.org/</A> and
also mention here: <A href="http://www.superhuman.org.au/"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>http://www.superhuman.org.au/</U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984434017-10122008>For example, I am
having a little difficulty with terms such as "existence" "personal existence"
"human existence" and "life extension"
"enhancement". I</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984434017-10122008>f I use "existence" it does not have to have
"life". But if I use "personal existence", it relates to the materiality
of human life, which is correct, but I am not sure it is the correct
phrase. If I use "temporally", it means over time; but that "time" element
may not relate fully to radical life extension onto non-biological
platforms. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT face=Arial>“The
Transformative Human: radically enhancing/extending life”<?xml:namespace
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT
face=Arial>Electronic arts augment human mobility and sensory ability,
AI-driven wearable robotics extend cognitive processing, and biological arts
manipulate living organisms. But where is the artistic field in which
the cyborg, transhuman, and posthuman reside headed? In fact, is there a
field at all and, if not, could such a field explore artistic use of
nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive and
neuroscience for the purpose of human
transformation?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT face=Arial>The
author's supposition is that these nascent technologies — the
nano-bio-info-cogno quartet — revisit the histories of electronic arts,
robotics, and biological arts in challenging imaginary boundaries concerning
how far artists can go to extend, augment, and enhance human beings. For
example, one such boundary might suggest an inability to extend biological
life onto semi and non-biological platforms. Removing such a boundary,
art could play a crucial role on the way toward extending personal existence
beyond biologically limited lifespans. Further, because media arts'
augmentation of reality establishes a valued benchmark for extending
biological senses, nano-bio-info-cogno platforms might have parallel value by
extending the medium of human existence
temporally.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000>Exploring the transformative human as a
future human prototype offers possible objectives for artistic works and might
foster innovative strategies for revisiting media arts' role in the
continuation of human
morphology</FONT>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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