Stelarc biography of donald
Stelarc was born Stelios Arcadiou in in Cyprus and raised in Sunshine, Melbourne..
Stelarc
| Author of performances Country: Australia |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Sensory Chamber Experiments
- Suspensions and Body Modification
- Cyborg Explorations
- The Third Ear Project
- Artistic Philosophy
- Recognition and Legacy
Early Life and Education
Born Stelios Arcadiou in 1946 in Limassol, Cyprus, Stelarc became an Australian citizen and officially changed his name in 1972.
Throughout his nearly 50 year-long-career, he has pushed the human body's capabilities and questioned its importance, developing robotic appendages, internal.
His interest in the human body as a medium for performance art emerged in the late 1960s.
Sensory Chamber Experiments
Before the advent of virtual reality, Stelarc began experimenting with sensory technologies.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he constructed "sensory chambers" where individuals were subjected to intense stimuli of light, movement, and sound.
Suspensions and Body Modification
Stelarc's performances became synonymous with suspension.
From the late 1970s to the 1980s, he suspended himself before audiences using hooks, creating a visceral and unsettling sp