Presentation on the speculative design / research project The Incredibly Shrinking Man by Arne Hendriks, delivered at PhDO II at Waag Society, 20 May 2011. Any questions can be directed to Arne via arnehendriks at yahoo.com.

1. The Incredible
Shrinking Man

2. Researching the implications
and possibilities of
downsizing the human species
to better fit the Earth.

3. The Stats on T.I.S.M.
Height: 50 cm
Weight: 1,7 kg
Head: 6,25 x 4,5 cm
Mouth: 2 cm wide
Eyes: 1 cm wide
Hands: 5 x 2,5 cm
Kcal: 60-100
(based on a person of 180cm & 75kg)

4. Why? (the small and the big why)

6. World Population

7. 20%=73%

10. Food Supply

12. Energy Resources

13. Material Resources

14. Pollution

15. 2%

16. Relative Physical
Power

17. Health

18. Opportunity

19. Adventure

20. Challenge(1)

21. Challenge(2)

22. Challenge (3)

23. How?

24. Mapping Shrink Culture

25. The Blog

26. Researchers
Donald Platt
Thomas T. Samaras
Adam Zaretsky
Heleen Klopper
Martijn Jansen
Livia Ponzio
Miriam van Rijssingen
Incidental researchers
You?

27. Public Research
Facility

28. Public Feedback

29. Research Puppets

30. So what did we find?

31. Shrink Films
The Incredible Shrinking Man (Jack Arnold, 1957, USA)
La Planete Sauvage (Rene Laloux, 1973, France) Freaks (Tod
Browning, 1932, USA) The Devil Doll (Tod Browning, 1936, USA)
The Borrowers (Peter Hewitt, 1997, USA) Un Amour de Poche (Pierre
Kast, 1957, France) Them (Gordon Douglas, 1954, USA)
Attack of the Puppet People (Bret I. Gordon, 1958, USA)
The Terror of Tiny Town (Sam Newfield, 1938, USA) Mulholland Drive
(David Lynch, 2001, USA) Mothra (Ishiro Honda, 1961, Japan)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Nathan Juran, 1958, USA)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (Nathan Juran, 1958, USA)
Fantastic Voyage (Richard Fleischer, 1966, USA) Dr. Cyclops (Ernest
B. Schoedsack, 1940, USA) The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Joel
Schumacher, 1981, USA) Hable con Ella (Pedro Almodovar, 2002,
Spain) Inner Space (Joe Dante, 1987, USA) Honey I Shrunk the Kids
(Joe Johnston, 1989, USA) Land of the Giants (Irwin Allen, 1968, USA)
Kingsize (Juliusz Machulski, 1988, Poland)

32. Shrinklit

33. Sex

34. Prejudice

35. Food

36. Entertainment

37. Pharmaceuticals

38. Art

39. Yes, but how?

40. ? it’s an investigation

41. Iguana/Fish (food)

42. Snell Dwarf Mouse
(genetics)

43. Bonsai Livestock
(selective breeding)

44. Island Dwarfism
(environment)

45. The Shrinking Brain
(nature/culture)

46. Pygmies (environment)

47. Dwarfs of Sindh
(endocrine system)

48. GHRHR(endocrine system)

49. Try-Outs (paint a picture)

50. Homo Sindhiensis

51. The Helium Bar

52. Space (desire)

53. Film TISM

54. www.the-incredible-shrinking-man.net
arnehendriks@yahoo.com