Stelarc biography sample

Cyprus-born performance artist

Stelarc (born Στέλιος Αρκαδίου Stelios Arcadiou in 1946; legally changed his name in 1972) is a Cyprus-born Australianperformance artist raised in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine,^[1] whose works focus heavily on extending the capabilities of the human body.

As such, most of his pieces are centred on his concept that "the human body is obsolete".

In he was appointed Honorary Professor of Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

In he was appointed Honorary Professor of Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

Stelarc explores alternate anatomical architectures.

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Stelarc's revolutionary thinking and concepts, in this sense, would not reside in conceptual speculations which the artist is actually determined to eschew (to.

My feeling that although there are advantages with soft tissue, there also are disadvantages; the vulnerability, the longevity, those sorts of problems need to.

Until 2007 he held the position of principal research fellow in the Performance Arts Digital Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England. He is currently furthering his research at Curtin University in Western Australia.

Performances

Stelarc's idiosyncratic performances often involve robotics or other relatively modern technology integrated with his body. In 26 different performances he has suspended himself in flesh hook suspension, often with one of his robotic inventions integrated.

His last suspension performance was held in Melbourne in March 2012