Comments on: HOLES IN THE BODY http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/ for all of life's detritus... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:18:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Anne http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-42 Anne Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:04:30 +0000 http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-42 Wow. What prosaic spam! Wow. What prosaic spam!

]]> By: Anne http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-43 Anne Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:05:04 +0000 http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-43 Um, that would be the first comment - not your post ;) Um, that would be the first comment - not your post ;)

]]> By: Paul B Hartzog http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-44 Paul B Hartzog Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:08:12 +0000 http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-44 The military has been working on this for years. If perfected, it would provide total camouflage like the alien in the movie Predator. The military has been working on this for years. If perfected, it would provide total camouflage like the alien in the movie Predator.

]]> By: kaki http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-41 kaki Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:33:44 +0000 http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-41 sorry about the comment spam - i've deleted it, but my two options are to ban all comments completely or put up with occasional off topic posts. :-) in response to paul - you're right, the military has been working on this - i forgot to also add a few other projects that deal with (in the artistic sense) "immateriality" or "invisiblity" (military) - but i also think the projects in this post look less at total camoflague and more at the idea of being inbetween 'visible' and 'invisible', or of the porous nature of our own materiality. still, thanks for pointing out the military angle. perhaps i'll post a follow-up from that perspective. sorry about the comment spam - i’ve deleted it, but my two options are to ban all comments completely or put up with occasional off topic posts. :-)

in response to paul - you’re right, the military has been working on this - i forgot to also add a few other projects that deal with (in the artistic sense) “immateriality” or “invisiblity” (military) - but i also think the projects in this post look less at total camoflague and more at the idea of being inbetween ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’, or of the porous nature of our own materiality.

still, thanks for pointing out the military angle. perhaps i’ll post a follow-up from that perspective.

]]> By: lucy http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-45 lucy Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:46:34 +0000 http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-45 an ex-media labber, jofish kaye, took a similar prototype that he had rigged for the original MIT wearables show and used it to be the painting of that guy in the bowler hat with a hole in his chest for halloween :) an ex-media labber, jofish kaye, took a similar prototype that he had rigged for the original MIT wearables show and used it to be the painting of that guy in the bowler hat with a hole in his chest for halloween :)

]]> By: kaki http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-46 kaki Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:50:05 +0000 http://www.personaldebris.com/2004/08/31/holes-in/#comment-46 that's great lucy! do you have a link? though i guess not... that’s great lucy! do you have a link? though i guess not…

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