Fleshmap: The Data Of Desire

You might think you're already an expert when it comes to the way sex and human bodies look and feel—after all, you're reading Fleshbot, aren't you? But datamapping artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg's Fleshmap series may help you visualize those things in ways you've never thought about before: their "Touch" project "reveal(s) a map of sensual desire with multiple focal points and islands of excitement", while "Look" "explores individuality and the hidden surprises that each body reveals when bared". If it all sounds a little too abstract to you from the description, not to worry: the curiously beautiful body part mosaics and nipple matrices that result can simply be enjoyed for their visual qualities even if the actual methodology the artists use to generate them escape you. And at the very least, it should give you something else to think about when looking at bodies the old fashioned way gets a little boring. (Hey, you never know.) More »