Revital Cohen Hacks Five Live Support Machines To Keep Each Other Alive

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Designer Revital Cohen’s The Immortal installation consists of  five hacked life support machines so that they each keep one another alive.  Each machine is circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure.

The Immortal investigates human dependence on electronics, the desire to make machines replicate organisms and our perception of anatomy as reflected by biomedical engineering. Watch a full video of this piece in action after the jump. (via)

 

 

 

 

 

  • Dasco

    AMAZING

  • http://www.facebook.com/jo.artscatalyst Jo ArtsCatalyst

    Beautiful Decay thought Revital Cohen an artist/designer to watch
when you ran a story about her last year, well I’m writing to let you know
 that we’ve commissioned Revital to produce an exciting new work
which will go on exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery from 22
January. 



    http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/05/15/revital-cohen-hacks-five-live-support-machines-to-keep-each-other-alive/

    We’d be delighted if you could find space to mention this
 exhibition/commission.

Details are:‘Transformism’ – two new commissions by Revital Cohen and Melanie Jackson
22 January­-9 March 2013

John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK



    Transformism, an exhibition of two new commissions by Revital 
Cohen and Melanie Jackson commissioned by The Arts Catalyst. Both artists, through
their distinctive practices, have made new works exploring 
their interests in how cultural archetypes and ideas interweave with science and technology to create new shapes, visual forms and structures.



    In Kingyo Kingdom, Revital Cohen, whose projects often test the ethical
parameters of biological design, explores the genus of fish
that have been designed for aesthetic purposes, questioning
the definitions used to indicate living creatures. Does one
 denominate a manipulated organism as an object, product,
animal or pet? What consequences does this entail for our
feelings and behaviours? Cohen’s interest in the cultural 
perceptions and aesthetics of animal-as-product took her to
Japan where exotic goldfish have been developed over
centuries of meticulous cultivation; breeding out dorsal
fins and sculpting kimono-like Ranchu fish tails. Kingyo Kingdom explores the unique culture of breeders, collectors and connoisseurs with footage from the Japanese 
national goldfish competition, questioning the design and
 commodification of this species.



    Revital Cohen’s commission has been supported by S-Air Japan. 

http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/detail/Transformism/