From: Gary Hall [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Stelarc event - Coventry School of Art and Design
ALTERNATE ANATOMICAL ARCHITECTURES: EXTRA EAR / INTERNET ORGAN
A lecture by the international performance artist STELARC organised by
the
Department of Media and Communication Studies and the Centre for Media,
Arts and Performance at Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry
University.
Date: Wednesday, 27th February, 2008
Time: 5pm
Venue: Ellen Terry Building, room 233 (the theatre), Coventry School of
Art and Design, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB.
The event is free and open to the public, but places need to be booked
by emailing Laura Rienesl-Sherwin at <[log in to unmask]>
FURTHER DETAILS
Stelarc is an Australian artist who has used prosthetics, robotics, VR
systems, the Internet and biotechnology to explore alternate, intimate
and involuntary interfaces with the body. Some of his projects include
the THIRD HAND, the STOMACH SCULPTURE, EXOSKELTON, the EXTRA EAR and the
PROSTHETIC HEAD. Recently he has performed and exhibited in
"Transfigure" (ACMI, Melbourne); the "Clemenger Contemporary Art Award"
(NGV, Melbourne); the Yokohama Triennale; the "Microwave Media Arts
Festival" (Hong Kong); and "Ars Electronica". In 1997 he was appointed
Honorary Professor of Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. In
2002 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate and was artist-in-residence in
the Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, Caulfield. He is
currently Chair in Performance Art, School of Arts, Brunel University,
and Senior Research Fellow & Artist in Residence
MARCS Laboratories, University of Western Sydney.
He is a recipient of a New Media Arts Fellowship from the Australia
Council for 2005-2007. His artwork is represented by the Sherman
Galleries in Sydney.
The talk will focus on Stelarc's recent projects, which tentatively and
imperfectly explore alternate anatomical architectures that incorporate
physiologically plausible structures and re-wirings. They also postulate
hybrids of biology and technology and actual-virtual chimeras, i.e.
operational and living systems as mixed and augmented realities. In so
doing they raise questions about the obsolescence of the body and its
present form and functions. The Prosthetic Head, the Partial Head, the
Extra Ear and the Walking Head are indicative of virtual, partially
living and hybrid robotic systems that exhibit varying degrees of
liveness.
Stelarc's website: http://www.stelarc.va.com.au <http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/>
School of Art and Design, Coventry University
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/schoolofartanddesign
Centre for Media, Arts and Performance
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cemap
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Gary Hall
Professor of Media and Performing Arts
School of Art and Design, Coventry University
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/schoolofartanddesign
Co-editor of Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net <http://www.culturemachine.net/>
Director of the Cultural Studies Open Access Archive
http://www.culturemachine.net/csearch
Co-founder of the Open Humanities Press
http://www.openhumanitiespress.org <http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/>
My website http://www.garyhall.info <http://www.garyhall.info/>
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