Artist Lecture - Patrícia J. Reis: Hacking the body as a black box

Patrícia J. Reis, Research Project manager of “Hacking the body as a black box”, awarded by the Elise-Richter Peek FWF (2023-2027) and also a lecturer at the Department of Digitale Kunst

Beginning with the premise that we're living through a profound crisis of touch, dominated by the visual-centric nature of technology, in an era where technology seems to deflect further from human comprehension, it is urgent to find new strategies for touching, hacking and caring to repair our current relationship with machines.
Within my artistic practice, I delve into human perceptual experiences born from sensory substitution, aiming to explore the idea of "hacking the body" from within. Here, participants are not just observers but integral internal agents within the artwork's interactive system.
Approaching the human body through holistic and phenomenological lens, I draw upon my prior research, particularly delving in interactive haptic visuality and endosensorial image. At the core of my work lies the idea of envisioning the body not merely as an entity or a physical living organism but as an apparatus or even a “black box” in itself.

www.hackingthebody.org
Patrícia J. Reis, Massage chair series: “What's love”, 2024, AUDIO-VISUAL-TACTILE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION.
Patrícia J. Reis, Massage chair series: “What's love”, 2024, AUDIO-VISUAL-TACTILE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION.
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