I am continuing to use the metaphor of a spa as this seems most successful in encompassing multiple themes in one relatable material environment.
Futurist James Canton speculated on a future spa which included “Botox treatment…cancer cells treatment… a great massage, a rigorous workout, a few cybernetic enhancements for that hip that’s not been doing so good.” (Canton, 2019).
This encompasses the proposal’s objective of exploring new definitions of beauty and addresses the over-arching theme which asks how technological advances impact lived experience and identity construction.
In terms of the ‘experience’ of a spa, this would ultimately change from relaxing/indulgent to emotions of anxiety / fear if you were getting your DNA ‘tweaked’ or going in to surgery?