ZOMBIE AND CYBORG BODIES, EXOSKELETON, EXTRA EAR & AVATARS
The artist Stelarc is an Australian performance artist. In order to create his
virtual and philosophical space he has used medical instruments, prosthetics,
robotics, virtual reality systems and the Internet to explore, extend and enhance
the body's parameters. He has performed with a third hand, a virtual arm, a virtual
body and stomach sculpture. He has filmed the inside of his lungs, stomach and
colon - two metres of internal space approximately. He has done twenty-five body
suspensions with insertions in to his skin, in different positions and varying
situations in remote locations.
For the needs of Fractal Flesh, as part of Telepolis, Stelarc developed a touch
- screen Interface Muscle Stimulator System, enabling remote access, actuation
and choreography of the body. Performances such as Pink Body and Parasite probe
notions of telematic scaling and the engineering of external, extended and virtual
nervous systems for the body using the Internet. Recently for Kampnagel, he completed
exoskeleton - pneumatically powered 6-legged walking machine actuated by arm gestures.
During 1995 Stelarc received a three-year Fellowship from the Virtual Arts/ Craft
Board of the Australia Council. In 1997 he was appointed Honorary Professor of
Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He is presently Artist-In-Residence
for Hamburg City. In 1998 he was appointed a research Consultant for the faculty
of Art and Design at the Nottingham Trent University. The Sherman Galleries in
Sydney represent his art. In Greece he is represented by Ciel We Produce Dreams.
Melanitis Yiannis is an artist, based in Athens.His works are mainly interactive
performances.
http://digitalart.asfa.gr/students/melanitis
Ciel is a production company based in London. Ciel represents a variety
of Greek and other international professional artists whose aims are to present
modern and classical themes from all over the world, to give opportunities to
artists from various backgrounds and disciplines to promote their work and to
introduce the audience to new experiences. With ever increasing communication
we have to think more and more on a global rather than a national scale. Through
its aims, Ciel desires to create international artistic, cultural and commercial
bridges.
For further information please surf through http://www.stelarc.va.com.au
http://www.artopos.org or
http://www.lrs.gr
and soon on http://www.ciel.gr
Place
The Academy of Fine Arts in Athens - Digital Arts Department - Amphitheatre.
Technoxoros
Mylos Thessalonica - Opening eve of the Old Port Arts Centre.
Research-Performance Stelarc
Curator - Concept Yiannis Melanitis
Sponsored by SEPE
Accountants- Lucraft, Hodgson & Dawes
www. Real Time Conference - Dimitris Skoufis
Technical Support-Runners- A.S.K-Mylos
Support-Development - Ciel Production Ltd.- Academy of Fine Arts Digital Arts
Department, Art Topos,
S.E.P.E., Lambrakis foundation, Mylos, G. Charvalias.