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MY THING
Creating the Tamagochi 2.0 with Melbourne jeweller Black Finch.
My Thing is a body of proposed research into the possibilities for art and technology to transform our experience of intimacy through re-imagining the role of the digital companion.
My Thing draws inspiration from the ‘90’s phenomenon of the Tamagochi—a digital toy whose life was dependent on an ethic of care and whose neglect of which would result in its death.
"The Tamagotchi I really love because it offers this really simple idea, which is you can kill it. And that is really, that’s not something we’re always, we’re in a replaceable mode with our technology. And to me, those are, the high stakes nature of that reflects something interesting in that how we care for these things. Obviously, they’re not people. It sort of reflects how we care for ourselves is the point. And I think that we, beyond the kind of Gwyneth Paltrow mindfulness memes and whatever, there is a real necessity to understand the boundaries of care, and the way that technology can help us care for others and for ourselves."
Dr Naomi Hunter in Conversation with Willoh
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Creative Directors: Willoh Weiland and Davina Adamson
Concept: Willoh Weiland
Development Designer: Ned Daniels
Developer: Omar Mashaal
Supported by the Centre for Digital Ethics, University of Melbourne
Photo credits: Rebecca McCauley, Ned Daniels
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