Stelarc b. 1946

Also known as Stelios Arcadiou
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
Stelarc is a performance, installation and new media artist who has performed and exhibited in Japan, Europe and the United States. Using medical instruments, prosthetics, robotics, virtual reality systems, the Internet and biotechnology, Stelarc explores alternate, intimate and involuntary interfaces with the body.
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creator of
Hexapod
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digital 3-D animation DVD. Produced in collaboration with in collaboration with the Performance Arts Digital Research Unit at the Nottingham Trent University and the Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems Group, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex, funded by The Wellcome Trust and the AHRB, UK.

 
creator of
Motion Prosthesis
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pneumatic upper-body actuator

 
creator of
The Extended Arm
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pneumatic 11 degrees-of-freedom manipulator

 
creator of
Exosceleton
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performance video documentation

 
creator of
Fractal Flesh, Ping Body and Parasite internet performances
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creator of
Muscle Stimulator System
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creator of
Stomach Sculpture
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URL
http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/stomach/stomach.html
 
creator of
Virtual Arm Project
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URL
http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/virtarm/virtarm.html
 
creator of
Suspensions
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URL
http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/suspens/suspens.html

With insertions into the skin

 
creator of
Third Hand Project
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URL
http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/third/third.html
 
creator of
(Sensory deprivation events and body suspensions with harness)
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creator of
Amplified body
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URL
http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/ampbod/ampbod.html

EEG, ECG, EMG, bloodflow, kinetic angle transducers, position sensors

 

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