Research And Response

'Phantom Recorder' - when a limb is lost, the mind often develops a phantom senstaion. Thhe Pahntom Recorder sytem projects a cold and damp sensation onto the skin surface, triggering the brain to halluncinate a phantom. The recorder allows the nerves to recreate the sensation of the telescoped phantom hand, the fourth feet or the split arm.

These are a response to the Pahntom Recorder photo. I stumbled across the Phantom Recorder in a magazine and thought it had relevance to my project. I was interested in amputation and wether there was sensation in the arm socket when the arm had been lost. Visually, i liked how the photo projected an eerie quality. the limb being replaced with a glass bubble contributes to the distorted disfigurment the body already holds.