Superego Suits
Jonathon Keats

Jonathon Keats received a grant to explore how wearable technology could enhance, diminish, or alter the identity of the wearer. The initial project was titled Superego Suits. Shortly after beginning the program, the artist's research in neuroscience and his conversations with architecture firm Gensler led to a project that teased out ideas related to the future of work and the relationship between workers. The artist then worked with Hyundai Motor Company to extend his ideas about wearables into the automotive realm. Titled the Roadable Synapse, the project’s first iteration underwent more than two years of research and development before it was realized in the summer of 2017.

From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From Superego Suits, 2016. Image: Elena Dorfman
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
From the Roadable Synapse, 2017. Image: Museum Associates/LACMA
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About the Artist

Jonathon Keats is an experimental philosopher, artist, and writer based in San Francisco and Northern Italy. His conceptually-driven interdisciplinary projects explore all aspects of society through science and technology.

 

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