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]]> http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/performing-the-cyborg-stelarc/#comment-64 Stanislavski, the actor and the nanobot : London Theatre Blog Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:53:09 +0000 http://londontheatreblog.co.uk/?p=44#comment-64 [...] It’s not until the latter part of the 20th century that we’re able to get ‘inside’ the body, particular with the development of scanning and photographic technology that has allowed for the study of living subjects. And parallel to this came a shift in perception of the biological body - the departure from the pre-industrial idea of the body as one intrinsically linked to the natural world to one that bears attributes of a synthetic world: this is the realisation of the post-human idea. In a previous article here on London Theatre Blog, I touched on the work of Australian performance artist Stelarc. Stelarc’s work is in some ways the representation of the post-human idea, in which the body’s interaction with its environment bypasses technological interfaces to become fully integrated with that technology. Whether Stelarc is actually able to achieve this shift in being is debatable, at the very least he provides a compelling representation of the condition with performance pieces such as third hand, virtual arm, and virtual body. [...] [...] It’s not until the latter part of the 20th century that we’re able to get ‘inside’ the body, particular with the development of scanning and photographic technology that has allowed for the study of living subjects. And parallel to this came a shift in perception of the biological body – the departure from the pre-industrial idea of the body as one intrinsically linked to the natural world to one that bears attributes of a synthetic world: this is the realisation of the post-human idea. In a previous article here on London Theatre Blog, I touched on the work of Australian performance artist Stelarc. Stelarc’s work is in some ways the representation of the post-human idea, in which the body’s interaction with its environment bypasses technological interfaces to become fully integrated with that technology. Whether Stelarc is actually able to achieve this shift in being is debatable, at the very least he provides a compelling representation of the condition with performance pieces such as third hand, virtual arm, and virtual body. [...]

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