Abstract
Through collaborative media arts practice we explore texture morphing soft robotics as an artistic medium of expression. We present an installation, Homo Viridis, that features a soft robotic interface developed to mediate signals between a vascular plant and a human body. The exposition paper discusses how Homo Viridis stages a situation of hybridity where individual, more-than-human subjectivities are mentally and physically intertwined. In conclusion, the paper reflects on how connecting organisms through soft robotic interfaces can actualize visions of a novel being - a ‘posthuman entity’. We argue that such a being might be physically composed of organic and synthetic elements that come together, but that it can also exist as a conceptual persona that may initiate discussions on what humans can become.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal for Artistic Research |
Issue number | 22 |
ISSN | 2235-0225 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29. Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- soft robotics
- the posthuman
- posthumanism
- robotic art
- wearable technologies
- wearable art
- media arts
- plants