This is a very small exhibition at apexart aiming to communicate the notion of integrating the body with technology, organized by Leah Buechley, the founder of Lilypad Arduino (a small circuit board made especially for wearable technologies). Upon entering, you will first see a wall with data visualizations extracted from the Nike Fuel band followed by a piece by Ben Fry called "Chromosome 21" (2002). The piece displays a part of the genetic code of the chromosome 21, nicely illustrating the way biotechnologies and genetic engineering serve as a vital building block towards this new era ahead of us. For true integration of technology with the body, nanotechnologies are essential, as this is the only way in which technology will be able to truly morph with the body. Next, you will see a piece that nicely leads into the aesthetic and expressionistic part of the exhibition, made by Nervous Systems - an apparel company that works with algorithmic designs inspired by organic systems.
The piece is a great example of how 3D printing is enabling novel aesthetic forms, giving fashion new interdisciplinary aspects. The exhibition also showcases an object made with FreeD, a software that translates physical sculpting into digital.
The aim of the exhibition according to the brochure seems to be creating a discourse between the digital and physical and the merging of these, questioning our comfort as these technologies get pushed towards posthumanism. As Leah Buechley states: "The cyborg is a popular imagining of the relationship between code and the body, of how people can and should relate to computers. Alluring and unsettling, this vision promises that we can be better than human:
smarter, stronger, faster; but it leaves us suspicious that we will lose ourselves in the process—as parts of our bodies are gradually “augmented” or simply replaced by machines and software."
Personally, I don't think that the exhibition succeeded in communicating this notion, as the pieces where not framed in this context. The materiality, processes and use of the pieces should have been amplified though storytelling - and since there was a lack of this the exhibition fell short. In my opinion, reading about the pieces online gives you much more insight into this upcoming era, and I would not recommend going if you already are familiar with 3D modeling.