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The Children of Tomorrow: Philosophers and biologists have defined   My work is a mirror of all those studies, and it tries to illustrate just
         Trans-humanism as  an  intellectual  movement that supports the   how complex and how fragile the human psyche is. In the series
         employment of new science and technology to better physical and   of photographs Children of Tomorrow I lay out an aesthetics that
         mental capabilities in humans, with the intention of extricating   reflect not only the integration of communication technology and
         undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition.   the effects it may have on the subject, but also a kind of individual
                                                                  spirituality that is also characteristic of contemporary trends in
         On the other hand these manipulations are not without its negative   religion fusion and Universalist spirituality.
         effects, as can be observed in society since the 60’s, when social
         and cultural changes began to be seen under a different veil, the   Each child reflects a sort of somber but optimistic poise, and their
         veil of advanced digital technologies.                   context reveal the sophistication of what their world is like to them.
                                                                  Thomas Crowe, among many others, speculated on what this all meant
         Marshall McLuhan and many other contemporary thinkers have   in the transition from analog to digital media, and art has definitely
         created a platform of considerations to further understand what   changed since video and digital photography. This all adds up to create
         trans-humanism is or could be.                           a matrix of ideas that will certainly herald the new millennium and
















































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