There is a scene in Terminator II:
Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991) in which the T1000 shape-shifter, shows its fluidity and ability to integrate and take on the property and textures from its environment. It accidently touches the edge of a steel rail and its hand, which looks human suddenly turns into liquid silver and then solidifies. I couldn't help but make this association when I saw Stelarc's silver cast arm with extra ear. Is it only science fiction and speculative art that imagines a future in which we are in a constant state of becoming or have we always had the potential to incorporate and become the other?
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