Extended Context/Extended Media - Class 03 2015

This document discusses the topics of mediated perception, the augmented body, and synesthesia. It provides an overview of the history of technologies that extend human senses like the telescope and microscope. It also examines how perception can be mediated through means like radiography, ultrasound, and neurologically inducing synesthesia. The document explores ideas of augmenting the human body through prosthetics or enhancements as seen in works of fiction. It analyzes artistic works that use the body as subject matter or sense how the body interacts with technology.