
Design Grant Scheme → Research
Prosthetic X
Isaac Monté, 2020
€7.500
Since 2019, Isaac Monté has been questioning and exploring the role technology can play in shaping our appearance and influencing our health and well-being. 'Prosthetic X' will be a technological 'organ' that strongly resembles a natural organ, with 10 prostheses that serve as aesthetic indicators of the functioning or non-functioning of the body, or parts of the body. Nine of these 'body extensions' are linked to the body. The tenth prosthesis – the exo-organ – could be with a family member or caregiver, for example. It displays the 'status' of the other nine, giving a neighbour or attending physician remote insight into the wearer's state of health. For the development of 'Prosthetic X', Isaac Monté is collaborating with various partners from science, the cultural field and industry. The first phase of the project has already led to three artistic proof-of-concept prostheses. In the second phase, Isaac Monté would now like to realize a Prosthetic X platform and show the project as an installation nationally and internationally, in order to raise urgent questions concerning data collection, technology development and the interaction of technology with the body. Can 'wearables' be more than just a gadget? Can they become an essential part of a more vital, healthier and safer life? And to what extent are people prepared to accept 'lifelogging' and 'human enhancement'?
€7.500