Solid Liquid Air

Case gets the surgery done, and everything seems to be okay. As she stumbles out of the engineering building, Case gives a thumb’s up! But is she really okay? What will she feel like after the anesthesia wears off? That’s yet to be seen.

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Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

It’s surgery day, and Case explains what she’s about to go through. She’s noticeably excited, too. Will it come out okay? We’ll have to see.

Solid Liquid Air – Episode 6 from SLA Area on Vimeo.

Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

After determining that she can get the implant taken out after a short trial, Case begins to reconsider the idea of going through with the surgery. At the suggestion of a good friend, she goes to get a 3D MRI scan of her brain, just to make sure it is in healthy working order. She shows the scan of her brain while discussing the rationale for her choice.

Solid Liquid Air – Episode 5 from SLA Area on Vimeo.

Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

Case reconsiders the idea of the being one of the first to get a new surgical procedure that might possible affect her brain. She discusses the pros and cons of the potential effects of the procedure on her well-being and ability to participate in the community around her. What do you think Case should do?

Solid Liquid Air – Episode 4 from SLA Area on Vimeo.

Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

Case tries to connect to someone who has had the Bexis-Zed device installed. The conversation happens through IRC. The information is not entirely clear, and there are limited replies. Case concludes that she is in no way, “more or less convinced of the technology”, and that she needs, “more information in order to make an informed decision as to whether to continue with the procedure”.

Solid Liquid Air – Episode 3 from SLA Area on Vimeo.

Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

Case is deep in preparation for the procedure. Meanwhile, we caught a video of her giving a history lesson. How much does software weigh? Are devices dissolving into air? What’s changed in the last 50 years of computing?

Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

Solid Liquid Air is a documentary about a procedure that cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will be receiving. The procedure is pretty new and still somewhat experimental. Several documentary filmmakers will be covering Case’s psychological and physical states over the next few months during the adjustment process. Episodes will be released weekly to this website.

Live Interview with Doc Normal and Cami Kaos

On May 11th, 2010 at 7P PST, Doc Normal and Cami Kaos kicked off the documentary film with a set of live interviews. Most of the documentary filmmakers were present:

• Micheal Atkins
• Mike Clinton
• Don Park
• Amber DeCelle
• Will Manson
• Doc Normal
• Randy Thorton (over Skype chat, as he wasn’t be able to be there in person.)
• Liz Grover (currently in LA, and will be present during later episodes)

The Ustream was broadcast live from Case’s office, and some of the questions about the procedure were answered there. If you still have questions you’d like to see on answered on future shows, please make a comment below, or tweet her at @caseorganic.
If you’d like to follow along on Twitter, use the hashtag #solidliquidair.

Listen to the audio recording of the preliminary conversation about the procedure.

 

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