The Comatose, The Cadaver & The Chimera: Avatars Have No Organs

Stelarc

The Comatose, The Cadaver & The Chimera: Avatars Have No Organs

dc.contributor.author	Stelarc
dc.date.accessioned	2015-10-09T23:20:40Z
dc.date.available	2015-10-09T23:20:40Z
dc.date.copyright	2009	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-10-09
dc.description.abstract	Stelarc is a world renowned Australian-based performance artist whose work explores and extends the concept of the body and its relationship with technology. He has performed with a third hand, a virtual arm. a virtual body and a stomach sculpture. Recently he has had an ear surgically constructed on his arm. Stelarc discusses his work made by employing medical instruments, prosthetics, robotics, VR systems, the internet, and biotechnology.	en_US
dc.description.reviewstatus	Unreviewed	en_US
dc.description.scholarlevel	Faculty	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	SSHRC Image, Text, Sound and Technology Summer Institute, Workshop and Conference Grant – Critical Digital Studies Workshop	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Stelarc. "The Comatose, The Cadaver & The Chimera: Avatars Have No Organs." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 9 October 2009. Presentation.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://pactac.net/2009/10/the-comatose-the-cadaver-the-chimera-avatars-have-no-organs/
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6758
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Critical Digital Studies Workshops	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/	*
dc.subject	avatars	en_US
dc.subject	comatose	en_US
dc.subject	cadaver	en_US
dc.subject	chimera	en_US
dc.subject	theories of the body	en_US
dc.subject	prosthetics	en_US
dc.subject	flesh	en_US
dc.subject	virtual bodies	en_US
dc.title	The Comatose, The Cadaver & The Chimera: Avatars Have No Organs	en_US
dc.type	Video	en_US