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
Level 2, 400 George Street
2000 NSW
Australia
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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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