Ben's Blog

Research
" What does "posthuman" mean?
It describes a sentient being that started out as a human or as a mind with a human way of thinking - and then by use of technology changes into someone who is no longer human. Such posthuman beings do not exist currently, therefore any more detailed description of what they would look like or how they would think and behave is pure speculation."
- www.posthuman.com

"The difference between the posthuman and other hypothetical sophisticated non-humans is that a posthuman was once a human, either in its lifetime or in the lifetimes of some or all of its direct ancestors. As such, a prerequisite for a posthuman is a transhuman, the point at which the human being begins surpassing his own limitations, but is still recognisable as a human person or similar."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthuman_%28human_evolution%29

Possible Project Styles
- Video
- Stop Motion
- Flash / 2D animation
- 3D animation
- Drawing / Sketches

Ideas
- Cloning: Static background with one main person who over the course of 60 seconds multiplies into many. . .

- Robot: Human person goes about normal life and slowly morphs into a robot. . .

- Primitive: -Comedy- Human with all electronic devices and toys removed from his person goes into withdrawal and turns primitive. . .

- Extension: A human with technology as extensions of himself. Arms with built in Televisions and fingers with mp3 players. . .

Exploring Cloning
Is a human clone.. a human? Yes their DNA and genetics are all the same but it is something created with the use of technology. Does this remove them from the human category and place them somewhere else?

"Human cloning is the creation of a genitically identical copy of an existing or previously existing human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning; human clones in the form of identical twins are commonplace, with their cloning occurring during the natural process of reproduction. There are two commonly discussed types of human cloning: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning involves cloning cells from an adult for use in medicine and is an active area of research: while reproductive cloning would involve making cloned human beings. Such reproductive cloning has not been performed and is illegal in many countries."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning

The artificial side of human cloning is the area I am interested in. In the future it may be possible for people to be cloned (mindlessly or not) for the sole purpose of being an organ donor. People would be able to keep a copy of themselves for spare parts. In my opinion those clones would be classified as posthuman.

Storyboard Example


As you can see from the example there, I am exploring the relationship between humans and cloning in an response to posthuman.

Didn't get to upload the youtube videos. Ill do that next post. I think there is enough in this one for today anyway :)

- Ben