Techno-aesthetics and the Externalisation of personal Identity

Techno-aesthetics and the Externalisation of personal Identity

Key Note

1. Techno-aesthetics. Homo sapiens demonstrates since its origin a tendency to externalize,
   that is to technicalize, its adaptive practices. This process also concerns its sensitivity
   (aisthesis, in ancient Greek), which is prolonged in technical artifacts;
2. Externalization of the self. The relevance of a techno-aesthetics for the individuation
   processes is clearly visible in the mirror experience (as interpreted by Lacan);
3. Narrative identity. A similar argument can be pointed out also for the narrative identity as studied by Ricoeur;
4. The last step in this sequence is the idea of an audiovisual identity that I will discuss with some examples.