Are we entering an era where bio-hacking your body is the ultimate in self-care? Join a panel of experts for the beauty forecast you actually need, as...

Skin Deep

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Level 2, 400 George Street
2000 NSW
Australia

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Vivid Ideas Exchange - Telstra Customer Insight Centre
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From: $31.02
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Skin Deep
Skin Deep

Featuring

Anand Deva

Anand Deva

Professor Anand Deva is the Program Head in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Faculty of Health and Medical Science at Macquarie University, and co-director of the University's Surgical Infection Research Group, which undertakes research into the prevention of surgical and medical device infection. He holds an honorary position as Professor of Hand and Microsurgery at Sydney Hospital and works a Project Director in integrated care for both the South Eastern and Illawarra Local Health Districts.

Professor Deva graduated from the University of Sydney in 1991 and has since received numerous awards recognising his contribution to research, teaching and healthcare innovation. He is an outspoken advocate for informed educated consent for patients considering cosmetic surgery and pushes for better standards of training and clinical skills in this area. In 2019, his work on the safety of breast implants contributed in part to global regulatory action to reduce the risk of breast implant related cancer.

Jane Park

Jane Park

Jane Chi Hyun Park is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, a cultural consultant, and author of Yellow Future: Oriental Style in Hollywood Cinema. Her work explores changing notions of race and gender in popular culture and the public sphere in the US, Australia and South Korea.

Philippa McGuiness

Phillipa McGuinness

Phillipa McGuinness is the author of Skin Deep: The Inside Story of Our Outer Selves and The Year Everything Changed–2001 both published by Vintage. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review and The Weekend Australian Magazine. A former non-fiction book publisher, she is currently editor of Openbook magazine at the State Library of NSW.

Stephanie Darling

Stephanie Darling

"I am obsessed with beauty, fashion, lifestyle, words and pictures and have worked in the magazine industry for over 30 years, with the best of the best, on Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Madison and now as Beauty Director for Sunday Life in the Sun Herald and The Age on Sunday. My proudest moment to date is being a published author of Secrets of a Beauty Queen (Penguin/Random House)."

Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Companion Card Acceptance - The Companion Card is for people with a significant permanent disability, who always need a companion to provide attendant care type support in order to participate at most available community venues and activities.
  • Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

Are we entering an era where bio-hacking your body is the ultimate in self-care? Join a panel of experts for the beauty forecast you actually need, as they discuss designer bodies, perfect skin, surgery-as-hacking and the shifting foundations of what is normal or natural.

As surgical and non-invasive procedures become normalised, is a transhuman future on the horizon, where our bodies are modified with technological implants? Or is the pendulum swinging back towards a more ‘natural’ look – an ideal that shifts widely across cultures, communities and generations. And in the digital world where no-one knows what’s real anyway, does it matter?

Join veteran beauty journalist Stephanie Darling, who has tried every treatment and seen countless health and beauty trends come and go, in conversation with leading plastic surgeon Professor Anand Deva and Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies at The University of Sydney, Dr Jane Park. Together with moderator Pip McGuinness, the author of Skin Deep, they’ll tackle the new frontiers of beauty, as well as the racial and gendered prejudices that shape social media trends, beauty products and cosmetic procedures.

This event is part of Vivid Ideas' Human Nature series. Challenge the 'natural' ways of thinking, and explore the emerging new normals across sex, relationships, body politics, travel and more.

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Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Companion Card Acceptance - The Companion Card is for people with a significant permanent disability, who always need a companion to provide attendant care type support in order to participate at most available community venues and activities.
  • Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

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