The Nexus Project investigates the implications of the future enhancement of the human brain with minia-turized computer chips, infiltrated in the neuronal structures of the human organism. Such a development will give birth to a new form of life - the cyborg, a hybrid compound of human and machine. A new set of questions are raised concerning issues of difference and identification between biologically correct beings nad technically or genetically enhanced humans. This development brings with it a host of new concerns: what impact will they have on human consciousness? How will society cope with this kind of being and what implications will they have for our social and cultural interaction?
The project consists of 9 photographic portraits which have undergone a digital modification of the iris, which gives the portrait faces an intimidating, almost inhuman look whilst at the same time it exerts a strong direct fascination on the viewer. The similarities between each of the portraits even though they are all clearly different people is what I like about this series and the way that their data has been collected shows their differences.
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