Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body?

Translator: Guillermo Parra Reviewer: Fran Ontanaya

I call myself a body architect.

Jo em defineixo com a arquitecta corporal.

I trained in classical ballet

Vaig fer ballet clàssic

and have a background in architecture and fashion.

i tinc coneixements bàsics d'arquitectura i moda.

As a body architect, I fascinate with the human body

Com a arquitecta corporal, em fascina el cos humà

and explore how I can transform it.

i exploro maneres de transformar-lo.

I worked at Philips Electronics

Vaig treballar a Philips Electronics,

in the far-future design research lab,

al laboratori de recerca de disseny per al futur,

looking 20 years into the future.

pensant com serien les coses d'aquí 20 anys.

I explored the human skin, and how technology can transform the body.

Vaig explorar la pell humana i com la tecnologia pot transformar el cos.

I worked on concepts like an electronic tattoo,

Vaig treballar en conceptes com el tatuatge electrònic,

which is augmented by touch,

que es pot engrandir tocant-lo,

or dresses that blushed and shivered with light.

o en vestits que s'envermellien i tremolaven amb la llum.

I started my own experiments.

Vaig començar a fer els meus propis experiments,

These were the low-tech approaches to the high-tech conversations I was having.

enfocaments poc sofisticats de les converses que mantenia.

These are Q-tips stuck to my roommate with wig glue.

Això són bastonets enganxats a la meva companya de pis amb cola.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

I started a collaboration with a friend of mine, Bart Hess --

Vaig començar a col·laborar amb un amic meu, en Bart Hess.

he doesn't normally look like this --

Normalment no té aquest aspecte.

and we used ourselves as models.

Nosaltres mateixos fèiem de models.

We transformed our apartments into our laboratories,

Vam convertir els nostres pisos en laboratoris

and worked in a very spontaneous and immediate way.

i treballàvem d'una forma molt espontània i immediata.

We were creating

Creàvem imatges visuals

visual imagery provoking human evolution.

que provocaven l'evolució humana.

Whilst I was at Philips, we discussed this idea of a maybe technology,

Mentre treballava a Philips, vam parlar de la idea d'una tecnologia possible,

something that wasn't either switched on or off, but in between.

una cosa que no fos blanca ni negra, sinó un terme mig,

A maybe that could take the form of a gas or a liquid.

que pogués prendre forma de gas o de líquid.

And I became obsessed with this idea of blurring the perimeter of the body,

Em vaig obsessionar amb la idea de desdibuixar el perímetre del cos,

so you couldn't see where the skin ended and the near environment started.

de manera que no es veiés on acabava la pell i on començava l'entorn.

I set up my studio in the red-light district

Vaig establir el meu estudi al Districte Vermell

and obsessively wrapped myself in plumbing tubing,

i no parava d'embolicar-me amb tubs

and found a way to redefine the skin

per trobar una manera de redefinir la pell

and create this dynamic textile.

i crear aquest teixit dinàmic.

I was introduced to Robyn, the Swedish pop star,

Em van presentar Robyn, l'estrella del pop sueca,

and she was also exploring

que també explorava

how technology coexists with raw human emotion.

la coexistència de la tecnologia i l'emoció humana pura.

And she talked about how technology with these new feathers,

Ella parlava de les plomes noves,

this new face paint, this punk, the way that we identify with the world,

de la pintura facial, del punk, de com ens identifiquem amb el món

and we made this music video.

i vam fer aquest vídeo musical.

I'm fascinated with the idea

Em fascina pensar què passa

of what happens when you merge biology with technology,

quan fusionem la biologia amb la tecnologia.

and I remember reading about this idea of being able to reprogram

Recordo haver llegit alguna cosa sobre la capacitat de reprogramar

biology, in the future, away from disease and aging.

la biologia, en el futur, i evitar les malalties i l'envelliment.

And I thought about this concept of,

I vaig pensar en aquest concepte.

imagine if we could reprogram

Imagineu que poguéssim reprogramar

our own body odor, modify and biologically enhance it,

la nostra olor corporal, modificar-la i millorar-la biològicament,

and how would that change the way that we communicate with each other?

i com això canviaria la manera de comunicar-nos amb els altres

Or the way that we attract sexual partners?

o d'atreure parelles sexuals.

And would we revert back to being more like animals,

Tornaríem a comportar-nos més com animals,

more primal modes of communication?

a formes de comunicació més primitives?

I worked with a synthetic biologist,

Vaig treballar amb un biòleg sintètic

and I created a swallowable perfume,

i vaig crear un perfum oral,

which is a cosmetic pill that you eat

que és una píndola cosmètica que s'ha d'ingerir

and the fragrance comes out through the skin's surface when you perspire.

i després la fragància s'allibera pels porus de la pell en transpirar.

It completely blows apart the way that perfume is,

Això transforma per complet la manera d'entendre el perfum

and provides a whole new format.

i li dóna un nou format.

It's perfume coming from the inside out.

És un perfum que va des de dins cap a fora.

It redefines the role of skin, and our bodies become an atomizer.

Redefineix el paper de la pell i el cos es converteix en un atomitzador.

I've learned that there's no boundaries,

He après que no hi ha límits

and if I look at the evolution of my work

i si observo l'evolució del meu treball,

i can see threads and connections that make sense.

veig fils i connexions que tenen sentit.

But when I look towards the future,

Però si miro cap al futur,

the next project is completely unknown and wide open.

el següent projecte és totalment desconegut i indefinit.

I feel like I have all these ideas existing embedded inside of me,

Sento com si totes aquestes idees existissin al meu interior,

and it's these conversations and these experiences

i són aquestes converses i experiències

that connect these ideas, and they kind of instinctively come out.

les que connecten les idees, que afloren instintivament.

As a body architect,

Com a arquitecta corporal,

I've created this limitless and boundless platform

he creat aquesta plataforma il·limitada

for me to discover whatever I want.

per descobrir el que jo vulgui

And I feel like I've just got started.

i sento com si tot just acabés de començar.

So here's to another day at the office.

Aquest és un altre dia a l'oficina.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Rialles) (Aplaudiments)

Thank you!

Gràcies!

Thank you!

Gràcies!