Abstract
In this time of rapid environmental degradation on the one side, and accelerated developments in digital technologies, nanotechnology, epidermal biopolitics, atomic design, perimetral chemistry, computational chemistry, geo-engineering, transuranic elements on the other side, are we approaching a post-human era, exchanging Anthropocene for the Post-Antropocene? Tied in with the structures of the media and surveillance technologies, humans have become “info-grazing cows,” as Wilém Flusser suggests, or cyborgs. This paper discusses the possible roles of fashion design in disrupting and adapting to this reality. On the one hand, the paper examines the ways of fashion encrypting, or scratching out tabula plenus of the collective techno imaginary and techno-subconscious (such as scarfs that camouflage wearers from facial recognition software or body hacking clothing), while on the other hand, the paper investigates the ways of fashion navigation and adaptation to the changing environments (such as shirts that detect air pollution, accessories that function as gills, or biotech clothing with cultured microbes that help skin breath).
Presenters
Milena PopovFaculty, Media, Culture and Communication Dept. at Steinhardt, NYU and Art & Music Dept. and Environmental Justice and Sustainability Program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York University and The City University of New York, New York, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2020 Special Focus: Transcultural Humanities in a Global World
KEYWORDS
Fashion, Encrypting, Cyborgs, Environmental Adaptation
Digital Media
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