all objects are prostheses abstract

IDDN371

live theory 2010

Project four

IDDN371

live theory 2010

Project four

IDDN371

live theory 2010

Project four

IDDN371

live theory 2010

Projectent four

IDDN371

live theory 2010

Project four

“all OBJECTS are P R

O S T H E S E S”

P R O S T H E S I STHE ABSTRACT FOR

The desire for perfection propels evolution headfirst into an idealized utopia. The flawed, the imperfect, the disabled, the incomplete, the asymmetrical, and the deficient are supplemented with prosthetic aug-mentation. Yet prostheses are seen as more than just manufacturing cyborgs. By acting as a physical me-morial to something lost, they are a marker of an absence (both metaphorical and literal.) Consumerism is the bridge. The consumption of objects, venerated as prostheses make up for deficiency.

All objects are prostheses; superfluous supplements that make up the whole.

IN PRINT 27 OCTOBER 2010Ruth Sumner, IDDN 371, Project four. Victoria University of Wellington.