STELARCThe body, art and technology
presentation by Heather Bright
Stelarc as an Artist
Performance artist who combines the body with art and technology
Has had exhibitions and performances since 1980’s
Projects
3rd hand
Exoskeleton
Extra ear
Ear on Arm
Prosthetic Head
3rd Hand Completed in 1980
Mechanical hand attached to right arm
Can pinch, grab, and rotate the wrist
Controlled by signals from his muscles
Touch-sensitive finger pads
Exoskeleton
6-legged spider-like walking machine
Can move forward, back, sideways and turns
Also squats and lifts
The body is in the middle of the machine on a turn table for rotating
Kind of like Doc Oc from Spiderman…
Extra Ear Original plan was to put it in
front of the right ear, but it was not safe with the facial nerves and jaw bone there.
Had idea that the ear could emit sound. When someone gets close, a chip could have it talk, or even play sounds that the other ears hear.
Would take 8-10 months
Ear on Arm On inner forearm
Microphone placed inside ear, but had to take it out because of infection
Final procedure will reimplant microphone to let people hear what the ear hears through wireless internet
Takes a part of the body, puts it somewhere else and makes it do other things
Use technology to extend the body’s functions
Prosthetic Head
3D avatar head with lip-synching, speech, and facial expressions
Interactive
Vision system to detect colors a person is wearing and analyzes the person’s behavior to make conversation more convincing
As the head learns more and increases its database, the artist is no longer in control of what it says
Stelarc’s main interest is to use technology to add to the human body, to extend its functions beyond what it can naturally do.
Kind of like this, only a little more intense
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