PRESS RELEASE: BODY OF WORK:

PERFORMANCE ARTIST STELARC

EXPLORES HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH TECHNOLOGY
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PITTSBURGH, PA -- The following information was released by Carnegie
Mellon University:
The performance artist known as Stelarc, who is surgically constructing an
extra ear on his arm, has performed atop a six-legged robot and otherwise
used his body to explore how technology is redefining what it means to be
human, will deliver a public lecture at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday Oct. 5 in the
Rashid Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon University's Gates and Hillman centers.
The lecture, "Alternate Anatomical Architectures: The Cadaver, The
Comatose, and The Chimera," will discuss a range of work that is pushing the
boundaries of technology and of the human body. It is jointly presented by the
School of Computer Science's Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII)
and the College of Fine Arts. A reception will follow in the new HCII atrium,
Newell-Simon Hall 3600.
Stelarc, a professor in the School of Art at Brunel University in West London,
was named an honorary professor of art and robotics by Carnegie Mellon in
1997. His visit to campus this week, which will include interchanges with
students and an invitation-only performance at The Andy Warhol Museum, is
indicative of the university's growing fusion of art and science.
Stelarc has used medical instruments, prosthetics, robotics, virtual reality
systems, the Internet and biotechnology to explore alternate, intimate and
involuntary interfaces with the body. He has performed with Third Hand, a
mechanical, human-like hand; visually probed the inside of his stomach; and
mounted Exoskeleton, a six-legged walking robot. His Prosthetic Head an
embodied conversational agent that speaks to the person who interrogates it.
The Ear on Arm he is surgically constructing on his arm will eventually be
Internet-enabled.
The invitation-only performance at The Warhol is an example of Carnegie
Mellon's rich partnerships with arts institutions. A weekly CMU School of Art
class is being taught at The Warhol and CMU graduate students serve as
Warhol interns and complete capstone projects focused on the museum's
needs. Additionally, this past summer, The Warhol was the focus of a
Carnegie Bosch Institute research project.
Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition)
"PRESS RELEASE: BODY OF WORK: PERFORMANCE ARTIST STELARC EXPLORES
HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY." States News Service 3 Oct. 2011.
Academic OneFile. Web. 2 May 2015.
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