I think that Stelarc's work - "Exoskeleton" is the most interesting work.
About Stelarc(Stelios Arkadious), he is a Greek-Australian performance artist. Stelarc has a concept that " The human body is obsolete." Therefore, most of his works are consisting of robotic or other modern technology with his body. Moreover, he explores whether or not the human body is an adequate biological form through his work,
"The body is neither a very efficient nor very durable structure. It malfunctions often and fatigues quickly; its performance is determined by its age. It is susceptible to disease and is doomed to a certain and early death. Its survival parameters are very slim - it can survive only weeks without food, days without water and minutes without oxygen" (Stelarc, 1998).
About "Exoskeleton", it's a six-legged, pneumatically powered walking machine has been constructed for the body. The locomotor, with either ripple or tripod gait , moves fowards, backwards, sideways and turns on the spot.
Why I think this work is most interested?
It's because the work recall the figure that appeared in the movie - "Spider man 2". He is Dr. Octopus. He also insert a machine in his body. And he control the machine by himself, it's similar to Stelarc's work.
i totally agree with you!
回覆刪除actually~i dun think performanance art have to harm our body by the way~though the artist is very brilliant in inserting mechine into his body~ but i never appriciate people to see torture as a kind of art~!!!