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Jay Thomas (jpthomas@ix.netcom.com)
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:14:15 -0400


I May not know art, but I know what I like. Quick, get him an NEA
grant!

http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/6744.html

Ars Unleashes Digital Circus of the
Flesh

by Austin Bunn
5:02am 10.Sep.97.PDT On the opening night of
digital
art festival Ars Electronica on Monday,
Australian
performance artist Stelarc attached six
electrodes
to all his major muscle groups, strapped on a VR
headset, and introduced his new work, "Parasite."
For the next 45 minutes, a specially designed
search engine hunted down images of the human
body from the Net and sent a corresponding 60
volts of electricity into his body every time it
made
a match. "It's like constructing a crude and
external nervous system for the body," says
Stelarc. After all the involuntary jerking of his
limbs, Stelarc admits he's "fatigued."

Ars Electronica at <http://www.aec.at/fleshfactor/>