09 oct.-98 :

This week on Nirvanet Live and Nirva(not)TV, Special Stelarc with an
live performance of his Parasite Performance at the Brussels
CyberTheatre and a unique interview with the artist.

Live Performance starts [today] at 10:00pm (cet) and will be broadcasted
on http://www.nirvanet.com/live

The interview and more streaming video's of other performances can be
seen at http://www.nirvanet.com/nirvanottv

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STELARC is an Australian-based performance artist whose work explores
and extends the concept of the body and its relationship with technology
through human/machine interfaces incorporating the internet and web,
sound, music, video and computers.

Parasite Performance–Parasite will scale up not only the body's
musculature but also its optical and acoustical input. Search engines
have been constructed that will, during the performance scan, select and
display bits of images and bits of sound–providing an extended and
artificial sensory internet input for the body.

The body will be immersed in this experience with its head-display,
whilst the audience sees this on a large projection screen. The body has
a split physiology, and although externally driven it can respond by
actuating it's Third Hand. The plugged-in body becomes a parasite entity
being activated and inputted by internet search engines.

http://www.stelarc.va.com.au

Only available online on Nirva(not)TV