Malignant Mole Bikini
May means it’s time to enjoy all the fun ITP thesis presentations (NYU’s Interactive Telecommuncations Program). It’s also Melanoma Awareness Month, and the two dovetail nicely in ITP graduate Fiona Carswell’s Contemporary Memento Mori (“remember you will die”) series of interactive wearables that reference time and our relationships to our own body. Her malignant mole bikini, painted with UV sensitive pigment, appears normal until exposed to UV light, then dark moles appear.
Though more iconographic than an accurate representation of data, it’s a clever way of pointing out consequences of actions over time. She does not intend to change anyone’s behavior, but it’s a great reminder to cover up or get out of the sun after getting your vitamin D quotient. (If you’re going to be in direct sunlight anyway, you might as well use the sun to charge up your gadgets.)
If you feel nostalgic for a nevis you’ve had removed, want to mirror a moley loved one, or just wear your irregular pigment tendencies on the outside, check out her stickable moles series of cloth body marks.
Concerned about the moles under your clothes? Look for spots that express ABCD (Asymmetry, Border irregularity, Color and Diameter) and also those that are E (Evolving in size, shape, symptoms such as itching or tenderness, surface bleeding, or shades of color).
Other recent cancer news of note:
- NY Mag: Survivor Monologues
- NY Times: Cancer Care Seeks to Take Patients Beyond Survival
- Donna Karan’s launching Urban Zen, a new initiative for integrative care with a 10 day well being forum featuring a stellar team of leaders in the mind-body-spirit realm.
- If you are experiencing mushyheaded chemobrain, NY Times and Salon report you’re not crazy.
- 214 common chemicals are linked to breast cancer: LA Times, Forbes, Silent Spring Institute, Susan G Komen
- Check out the toxicity of the ingredients in your sun care products in the newly relaunched Skin Deep cosmetic safety database and maybe end up get a new hat instead, yikes.
This post was brought to you by the letter M.
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