<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>" ... Is the first book to survey the intersection between design, the body, science and the senses, from the utopian pods and head gear of the 1960s, to the high-tech prostheses, wearable computing, implants, and interfaces between computers and humans of the past decade ..."--Introduction, p. 6.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Did you know that we can see with our tongue? Or that we can plug our nervous system directly into a computer? With cybernetics, prosthetics, robotics, nanotechnology and neuroscience altering the way we perceive and experience space, the body has re-emerged as an important architectural site, revealing its astonishing potential as a creative medium. <p/><i>See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception</i> is an explosive and unique survey that captures the fascinating relationship between design, the body, the senses, and technology. A timely discussion with cutting-edge design, <i>See Yourself Sensing</i> examines work from the last 50 years by artists, architects and designers who have been experimenting with the boundaries of our senses, changing the way we experience the world. <p/>The book explores the work of both established and upcoming artists, including internet sensation Daito Manabe, Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee, Lawrence Malstaf and collectives such as realities: united and Viennese-based Gelitin, and figures of worldwide acclaim, such as Ann Hamilton, Ernesto Neto, Carsten Höller, Olafur Eliasson and Rebecca Horn.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Exploring the relationship between the body, design and technology, the book is perplexing and thought-provoking. <i>Aesthetica Magazine</i> <p/>[A] stimulating survey of body-related art and design. <i>The Architectural Review</i> <p/>There are plenty of works to illustrate each chapter, many of which i had never heard about and was therefore enthusiastic to encounter. But it is also a well-paced, well-researched essay about the impact technologies are having on the architecture of our senses. <i>We Make Money Not Art Blog</i> <p/>The lavishly photographed, beautifully designed tome presents work 'at the forefront of investigation' - in architecture, fine art, design, cybernetics, and neuroscience...The objects in <i>See Yourself Sensing</i> are quite literally mind-blowing. <i>Bernard Magazine</i> <p/>...a tour de force, bursting with insights. David Howes: Director of the Concordia University Sensoria Research Team<br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Madeline Schwartzman is a New York City filmmaker and architect. A graduate of the Yale School of Architecture, her multi-disciplinary practice combines architecture, film/video and writing and her body of work includes a feature-length film titled Aphrodisiac, over fifteen shorts that have screened at festivals in the United States and abroad, and a recently completed novel. Schwartzman holds long-term teaching positions at Barnard College, Columbia University (Professor (adjunct), architectural design) and at Parsons The New School for Design (Part-time Associate Professor, interdisciplinary design and drawing).<br>
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