Tag: Body Modification

  • Staple magnetically clinging to a finger.

    January 28, 2016
    For a half-hour, my left hand, the one with the magnet implant in it, becomes the hand that commands the…
  • Tamil woman reading with her tattooed back exposed, while a smartphone camera reveals an augmented reality overlay.

    November 15, 2015
    Written for and performed at Affect Theory Conference: Worldings, Tensions, Futures, "The Author is in Pain" is my first foray…
  • Still from Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" music video.

    June 5, 2015
    Yesterday I struck my magnet while opening my fridge door and felt it shift like an intruder in my flesh.…
  • Finger with a single stitch.

    April 2, 2015
    After writing that last post on biohacking, I've been thinking more about the body as a (media) system, or a…
  • Vegeta crushing a device with the text "It's over 9000!"

    October 4, 2014
    A while back an ex-acquaintance of mine joked that my way of being with chronic pain is like being an…