Current consumer culture is producing a surge of new technologies designed to optimize mental and bodily well-being and capability, such as cosmetic surgery, meditation techniques, substance intake, dietary advice, and, most recently, a variety of technological devices for tracking and optimizing the self.
The aim of this project is to explore technologies for optimizing the self in the everyday in contemporary Denmark, while casting light upon the historical roots and cultural evolution of such optimization.
Read more about the project here.