I call myself a body architect. I trained in classical ballet and have a background in architecture and fashion. As a body architect, I fascinate with the human body and explore how I can transform it.
Sebe nazivam arhitektom tela. Trenirala sam klasičan balet i imam iskustva u arhitekturi i modi. Kao arhitekta tela fascinirana sam ljudskim telom i istražujem kako ga mogu preobraziti.
I worked at Philips Electronics in the far-future design research lab, looking 20 years into the future. I explored the human skin, and how technology can transform the body. I worked on concepts like an electronic tattoo, which is augmented by touch, or dresses that blushed and shivered with light. I started my own experiments. These were the low-tech approaches to the high-tech conversations I was having. These are Q-tips stuck to my roommate with wig glue.
U Philips Electronics radila sam u istraživačkoj laboratoriji dizajna za daleku budućnost, predviđajući 20 godina u budućnost. Istraživala sam ljudsku kožu i kako tehnologija može transformisati telo. Radila sam na konceptima kao što su elektronska tetovaža koja se pojačava na dodir ili haljine koje pod svetlošću crvene ili trepere. Započela sam sopstvene eksperimente. Ovo su bili niskotehnološki pristupi visokotehnološkim razgovorima koje sam vodila. Ovo su vrhovi štapića zalepljeni na mog cimera pomoću lepka za perike.
(Laughter)
(smeh)
I started a collaboration with a friend of mine, Bart Hess -- he doesn't normally look like this -- and we used ourselves as models. We transformed our apartments into our laboratories, and worked in a very spontaneous and immediate way. We were creating visual imagery provoking human evolution.
Otpočela sam saradnju sa svojim prijateljem Bartom Hesom on obično ne izgleda ovako - i kao modele koristili smo nas same. Transformisali smo naše stanove u laboratorije i radili na veoma spontan i neposredan način. Stvarali smo vizuelne slike provocirajući ljudsku evoluciju.
Whilst I was at Philips, we discussed this idea of a maybe technology, something that wasn't either switched on or off, but in between. A maybe that could take the form of a gas or a liquid. And I became obsessed with this idea of blurring the perimeter of the body, so you couldn't see where the skin ended and the near environment started. I set up my studio in the red-light district and obsessively wrapped myself in plumbing tubing, and found a way to redefine the skin and create this dynamic textile. I was introduced to Robyn, the Swedish pop star, and she was also exploring how technology coexists with raw human emotion. And she talked about how technology with these new feathers, this new face paint, this punk, the way that we identify with the world, and we made this music video.
Dok sam radila u Philips-u, razgovarali smo o ideji možda-tehnologije, nečega što nije uključeno niti isključeno - nešto između. "Možda", koje može da uzme oblik gasa il tečnosti. I postala sam opsednuta ovom idejom zamagljivanja granice tela, tako da ne možete videti gde se koža završava, a blisko okruženje počinje. Postavila sam studio u crvenoj četvrti i opsesivno umotavala sebe u cevi za vodu i pronašla način da redefinišem kožu i stvorim dinamičan tekstil. Upoznala sam Robin, švedsku pop zvezdu koja je takođe istraživala kako tehnologija koegzistira sa sirovom ljudskom emocijom. I ona je pričala o tehnologij sa ovim novim perjem, ovom novom bojom za lice, pankom, načinom na koji se identifikujemo sa svetom i napravile smo ovaj muzički video.
I'm fascinated with the idea of what happens when you merge biology with technology, and I remember reading about this idea of being able to reprogram biology, in the future, away from disease and aging. And I thought about this concept of, imagine if we could reprogram our own body odor, modify and biologically enhance it, and how would that change the way that we communicate with each other? Or the way that we attract sexual partners? And would we revert back to being more like animals, more primal modes of communication? I worked with a synthetic biologist, and I created a swallowable perfume, which is a cosmetic pill that you eat and the fragrance comes out through the skin's surface when you perspire. It completely blows apart the way that perfume is, and provides a whole new format. It's perfume coming from the inside out. It redefines the role of skin, and our bodies become an atomizer.
Fascinirana sam idejom o tome šta se desi kada stopite biologiju sa tehnologijim i sećam se da sam čitala o ovoj ideji mogućnosti biloškog reprogramiranja i izbegavanja bolesti i starenja u budućnosti. I razmišljala sam o ovom konceptu, zamislite da možemo da reprogramiramo sopstveni miris, modifikujemo ga i biološki poboljšamo, i kako bi to promenilo način na koji komuniciramo međusobno? Ili način na koji privlačimo seksualne partnere? I da li bi se vratili na, više nalik životinjama, primitivnije vidove komunikacije? Radila sam sa sintetičkim biologom i stvorila parfem koji se guta koji je kozmetička pilula koja se jede i miris izlazi preko površine kože kada se znojite. U celosti razbija način na koji parfem postoji i pruža potpuno novi oblik. To je parfem koji dolazi iznutra. Redefiniše ulogu kože i naša tela postaju raspršivači.
I've learned that there's no boundaries, and if I look at the evolution of my work i can see threads and connections that make sense. But when I look towards the future, the next project is completely unknown and wide open. I feel like I have all these ideas existing embedded inside of me, and it's these conversations and these experiences that connect these ideas, and they kind of instinctively come out.
Naučila sam da ne postoje granice i ako pogledam razvoj svog posla mogu da vidim niti i veze koje imaju smisla. Ali kada pogledam prema budućnosti sledeći projekat je potpuno neopoznat i širom otvoren. Osećam da sve ove ideje postoje ugrađene u meni i to su ovi razgovori i ova iskustva koji povezuju ove ideje i one instiktivno izađu.
As a body architect, I've created this limitless and boundless platform for me to discover whatever I want. And I feel like I've just got started.
Kao arhitekta tela kreirala sam ovu bezgraničnu, neograničenu platformu za sebe da otkrijem šta god poželim. I osećam kao da sam tek počela.
So here's to another day at the office.
Dakle, živeo još jedan dan u kancelariji.
(Laughter) (Applause)
(smeh)(aplauz)
Thank you!
Hvala vam!
Thank you!
Hvala vam!