Todays discussion reminded my of this LCD sound system music video that portrays robots in a positive light.
LCD Soundsystem "Home" from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
original/copy
Today in class we talked about a bunch of binaries that had to do with the life of images. That of religious imagery,the original and copy. As well as the creation of images that simultaneously cause destruction. But where does appropriation of many images come into play, the act of reusing existing images and giving them a completely new "body"?.
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I hope I can just post my post here as I have no idea how to post my own entry. I am sorry if this is not allowed, but I cannot figure it out.
ReplyDeleteSo, onto my post. Last class we were discussing all sorts of topics about re-creations of previously existing things, mainly biological beings. Then we came to the topic if it was the brain alone, would it still contain the essence of who we are? This combined with the example given in the book, "What Do Pictures Want" about creating a perfect human with time brings me to an episode of the long running Sci-fi show, Dr. Who, which I just saw last night. A brief clip is as follows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JngKajB5hzM
It addresses both of these issues in a rather interesting and disturbing way, though the thing called a Cyberman. It was a way of creating an indestructible human, free of disease and injury, by removing the human's brain and placing it within a metal body. Basically, as stated above, it was trying to keep the original, but with a new body..though this time literally. This was called "The Upgrade" but resulted not in a metal human race, but a group of robots run by the brain and nervous system of the previous human, and all but emotionless. According to this account, the brain did not hold the "essence" that made us who we were, save for a few deeply ingrained memories, such as their names.
I just found it interesting because it was so closely associated with our discussion and the book combined. Even though it is still a debated topic in media, stories and probably even scientific discussion, as to just how much of "us" is actually our brain, it's always fascinating to see different versions of the different possibilities.