This is a hoodie I made that was inspired by the idea of a distant future when humankind has developed an equilibrium with the natural world, and technology is infused with both biological & synthetic components with circuitry approaching the quantum scale. This technology, wherein trillions of biological transistors would be embedded in the very DNA of living cells, would quickly usher in paradigm shifts that render the perception of human & machine as inherently separate, as outdated. Such outdated beliefs over time would be replaced with more holistic understandings of the role humans can play in our world, and in the greater universe alike, where our species is perceived not as 'rulers' of the environment, but as equal pieces of the overall environment. In time, these perceptions would come to encapsulate our technology as well. This hoodie is an imagining of what such futuristic, biologically infused technology may look like.
The seed for this idea came from an older film called The Last Mimzy, released in 2007 to mediocre reviews. One of the key themes throughout the film was the concepts of growth & technological prowess contrasted by sustainability & biological life. I dont quite recall how exactly (I would've been pretty young at the time) but somehow a super advanced time traveling teddy bear was involved and there is a scene in the film where the adults look at the teddy bear underneath an electron microscope and discover that the bears fur is constructed of quantum circuitry thats half biological (or something like that. Its a children's movie, ok? Its not exactly 'hard scifi'.) Anyway, I always thought that concept was fascinating and clearly it has stuck with me throughout the years. I give the film one thumb up 👍.
What do you think of the hoodie though???
3 Comments
Looks cool!
Would wear.
Lots of disruptive patterns. Something like this could be modified to and urban ghille. Cool stuff!