Body Art- Humans Transformed into Sci Fi Characters?

I have been thinking about life, people, and what 2008 might bring. After going out for New Year’s Eve in downtown Austin, I felt like I might be living in a weird science fiction movie. I noticed that the human race has somewhat transformed itself into sci fi-like characteristics. If someone from 1900 looked forward into New Year’s Eve 2007, they would see people with tattoos, piercings, cosmetic enhancements, some natural, and some exaggerated body forms. They would also notice that there are still purists left who have not gone over to the other side.

My curiosity was peaked when I started looking at how we must look to someone from the past. I was thinking about the movie Mad Max from 1979 which was set in the future where social decay was just around the corner with motorcyle gangs and outlaws. Sometimes I feel like I am in that movie or even Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome which was post-apocalyptic madness.

I found that the Austrailian Museum of Art online has an entire section titled Body Art.

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