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A prosthetic body is one filled with artificial parts that complete or fix dysfunctional parts of that body. Prosthesis are in the 21st century commonly found as inner replacements or enhancements that augmented the body. They are not extensions of nor autonomous from the body, though. They rather mingle with the body to the point of fusing indistinguishably from it. The prosthesis has acquired a natural character. A prosthetic body cannot be differentiated from a non-prosthetic one as the prosthesis is not externally designed. As the machine once did, today the prosthesis are lively beings.

Culturally an artificial part played the role of an unwelcome aid; and it wasn’t considered necessarily beautiful, because the were simply visible alien. Nowadays beauty has to be augmented through implants and prosthesis. Beauty is defined by the prosthesis that are usually fully integrated into the body.

Just as beauty prosthesis, the technical media are blending with our skin. Their interfaces, we operate, are as sensible as if they were actual beings. Their hardware, body, is portable and is everywhere. We carry them with us as closer as possible. We feel naked or uncompleted when they happen to be absence. These are the final steps to be inside the body, to blend the media with the body, and to take over the body. Soon we’ll be all populated by prosthesis.