Cyberman
Screening on Film
Directed by Peter Lynch.
Canada, 2001, 35mm, color, 90 min.
Canada, 2001, 35mm, color, 90 min.
Steve Mann is a self-professed cyborg. He builds wearable computers in an attempt to alter his perception of reality and reclaim the increasingly mediated space of visuality. Among his inventions is a small “eye-tap” camera that turns technology outward, providing direct feed to a website that allows us see the world through Mann’s psyche. Described by Lynch as a combination of “Professor Gadget and Michael Moore,” Mann is both inventor and provocateur. While aware of the ethical and political repercussions of his creations, he questions the boundaries between public and private space, between body and machine. Documentary maker Peter Lynch specializes in trenchant portraits of unique individuals.