A. Human: Artificial Body Mods as Instagram Art #Art #WearableWednesday
A. Human is an event/exhibit currently showing in New York. The website defines itself as “a fashion brand from the future” where instead of jewelry alien looking body modifications are worn.
Via PAPER:
Last week, Kim Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen, and Queer Eye’s Tan France made a splash when they posted pictures of themselves with accessories seemingly inserted into their skin, like Calabasas biohackers. It was a stunt organized by Kardashian friend and publicist Simon Huck, promo for a new theatrical exhibition called A. Human, which opened last night on Mercer Street in SoHo
Ffrench and A. Human collaborator Nicola Formichetti are known for work that flirts with body modification. Formichetti, a fan of sci-fi and artists like HR Giger, created a piece for A. Human called “The Pinnacle” that recalls Born This Way-like horned shoulders. “I was thinking about the future and what would it be like in 50 years or 100 years,” he said. “We might not even have clothes.”
Learn more and check out the A. Human Website
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