Thursday, July 29, 2004

under(a)ware

These video shorts(almost literally) are darkly brilliant.

The blurb:

"contemporary chastity proposals for 'underwearable' technologies.


Medieval chastity belts were deplorable objects of power and control - as symbolic and physically debilitating as shackles - and an indication of the then view of infidelity.


The following are 6 proposals for devices that experiment with the notion of contemporary chastity belts.


As sexual, social and emotional power-balances have changed, these devices embody an evolution from medieval objects: exploring various sensing and network technologies rather than physical obstruction.  


Some of these devices are intended to be worn by people who are aware of their function; others provide opportunity for clandestine surveillance by jealous, concerned or paranoid people."

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