Human Jerky: meatbags through the eyes of technology Tully Arnot, Josh Harle, Jason Phu, Brenton Alexander Smith, Jason Wing & Louise Zhang Emerging technologies such as robotics move beyond abstract interaction and into direct engagement with the physical world. With them comes an explosion of domain-specific models to understand and negotiate the human body. From surgical robot models, crash test dummies, and sex robots, to automated battlefield drones and the ethics algorithms of

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... cars, these technologies are fundamentally carnal – tasked with managing the needs, desires, values, threats, and vulnerabilities of human flesh. Their internal aesthetics are alien, frightening, and monstrous. Included is exhibition catalogue. This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.