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In conversation with the body conveniently known as Stelarc

In conversation with the body conveniently known as Stelarc cultural geographies 2007 14: 293–308 Cultural geographies in practice In conversation with the body conveniently known as Stelarc Christian Abrahamsson and Sebastian Abrahamsson Department of Social & Economic Geography, Uppsala Universitet, School of Geography, University of Oxford You say I and you are proud of this little word. But greater than your word is your body which does not say I but performs I. – Friedrich Nietzsche Bodies are both Zombies and Cyborgs. We have never had a mind of our own and we often perform invol- untary – conditioned and externally prompted. Ever since we evolved as hominids and developed bipedal locomotion, two limbs became manipulators and we constructed artifacts, instruments and machines. In other words we have always been coupled with technology. We fear the involuntary and we are becoming increasingly automated and extended. But we fear what we have always been and what we have already become – Zombies and Cyborgs. – Stelarc uring the last three or four decades, the Australian-based performance artist DStelarc has been experimenting with the body, mapping its limits and probing its potentials in what are often perceived as thought-provoking and spectacular perform- ances and projects. Pushing the body to its http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cultural Geographies SAGE

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cultural geographies 2007 14: 293–308 Cultural geographies in practice In conversation with the body conveniently known as Stelarc Christian Abrahamsson and Sebastian Abrahamsson Department of Social & Economic Geography, Uppsala Universitet, School of Geography, University of Oxford You say I and you are proud of this little word. But greater than your word is your body which does not say I but performs I. – Friedrich Nietzsche Bodies are both Zombies and Cyborgs. We have never had a mind of our own and we often perform invol- untary – conditioned and externally prompted. Ever since we evolved as hominids and developed bipedal locomotion, two limbs became manipulators and we constructed artifacts, instruments and machines. In other words we have always been coupled with technology. We fear the involuntary and we are becoming increasingly automated and extended. But we fear what we have always been and what we have already become – Zombies and Cyborgs. – Stelarc uring the last three or four decades, the Australian-based performance artist DStelarc has been experimenting with the body, mapping its limits and probing its potentials in what are often perceived as thought-provoking and spectacular perform- ances and projects. Pushing the body to its

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Cultural Geographies – SAGE

Published: Apr 1, 2007

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