Marina Gržinić – Mauhler (ed.), Stelarc
The book with a subtitle Political Prosthesis & Knowledge of the Body is the first thorough monograph on Stelarc’s work worldwide. Even though there are numerous catalogues, texts and visual and textual references available, not a single book has yet been published that would be integrally dedicated to Stelarc.
The present book gathers and lists all of the most important Stelarc’s projects, along with numerous aesthetic and historical opinions on them, it publishes Stelarc’s basic texts and keeps a record of his historical interventions with the body, new media, virtual environments and telematic arts.
As an introduction, the book features important Stelarc’s texts, followed by a detailed visual and textual representation of his key projects. The book brings essays on Stelarc’s work, written by Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Timothy Murray and Marina Gržinić.
The book is a theoretical, philosophical and critical insight into the work of Stelarc, his crucial, historical and future perceiving visions of the body, new technologies. The book restores a foundation for the manifesto- testament of Stelarc’s productive, inventive and pioneering investment, or yet, approaches the art of the new media.
Collection TRANSformacije, book number 8
208 pages, 17 x 24 cm
©Maska, Ljubljana, 2002
ISBN 961-90309-8-2
Content
INTRODUCTION
Stelarc
PARASITIC VISIONS: ALTERNATING, INTIMATE AND INVOLUNTARY EXPERIENCES
Stelarc
INVOLUNTARY, ALIEN AND AUTOMATED: CHOREOGRAPHIES OF BODIES, ROBOTS AND PHANTOMS
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
NOW WE ARE ALL STELARCS
Timothy Murray
THE CODE OF THE SKIN CASTED OFF: STELARC “AND” THE PHILOSOPHICAL PING
Marina Gržinić
STELARC – POLITICS OF THE BODY
VISUAL-TECHNOLOGICAL PRESENTATION OF STELARC’S PROJECTS
Knjiga v javnosti
Jaka Železnikar: Stelarc – politična proteza in vednost telesa
Mladina / 28. 5. 2002
Na začetku svojega delovanja izvaja suspenzije – svoje telo prebodeno s kavlji na različne načine in v različnih položajih ali ‘koreografijah’ obeša v različne prostore, tako naravne kot urbane. Sledi intenzivno ukvarjanje z tehnološko razširitvijo in nadgradnjo telesa kar vključuje vsiljeno oz. neprostovoljno gibanje, ki ga na njem izvaja bodisi občinstvo, fizično oddaljeno občinstvo (preko interneta) ali avatar, virtualna identiteta, ki je lahko zgolj program.