"Matt Smith
Project Proposal – Cyborg
For this project I want to create a final
image that has some concept behind it. I am well versed in photoshop so I’m
trying to push myself with my ideas as I feel competent enough that I can
create a composite image easily enough using photoshop.
My initial idea was sparked by an Olympic
athlete heavily featured in the media. Oscar Pistorius has been a double leg
amputee for his entire life but went on to become a successful sprint runner
and ran in the London 2012 Olympics last alongside non-amputee athletes. There
was a debate about whether his prosthetic limbs provided him with an advantage
over the other runners because he has mechanical legs. He was allowed to
compete but some of the other runners were not happy with the decision. I then
began to think about if someone having human limbs replaced with
mechanical/prosthetic limbs is more able than someone with normal human limbs.
How far can this be pushed before someone is more mechanical than human? Thus
leading to my inspiration for this project.
Is the perfect human even human at all? I’m
looking at this in an athletic/fitness aspect and while I don’t think there is
an answer I think it would be interesting to create a composite image where a
group of athletes are given tools to make them the best at there sports. How
far could it go before we have robots competing against each other in the next
Olympics. My final shot will consist of 2/3 different people within the frame
all aimed towards a certain sport. I will then use photoshop to manipulate them
and add/remove limbs and replace them with elements that would allow them to
excel at their chosen sport eg. A tennis player could have a tennis racket for
an arm with a ball dispenser attached.
I will try as much as possible to make all
the images my own and I think this is achievable as I will be using standard
sporting equipment and models, the rest will be done in photoshop."
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