Eduardo Kac, "Time Capsule".www.ekac.org/timec.html If Survivor epitomized the summer of surveillance in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Eduardo Kac's 1997 web-cast performance is a Brazilian precursor precursor /pre·cur·sor/ (pre´kur-ser) something that precedes. In biological processes, a substance from which another, usually more active or mature, substance is formed. In clinical medicine, a sign or symptom that heralds another. : Kac implanted im·plant v. im·plant·ed, im·plant·ing, im·plants v.tr. 1. To set in firmly, as into the ground: implant fence posts. 2. a veterinarian-approved bio-panoptic surveillance device--a microchip (1) Another term for a microminiaturized integrated circuit (a "chip"). (2) To insert an RFID tag beneath the skin of an animal. It is expected that some day, humans will be microchipped. with a unique ID--into his own ankle and then scanned himself into a remote database of lost pets, classifying himself as both animal and owner. Steve Dietz is director of New Media Initiatives at the walker Art Center, Minneapolis. |
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