of ‘Feminist’ artist‚ Jenny Holzer‚ and ‘Performance’ artist‚ Stelarc. Both artists effectively re-define the world and post-modern artworks. Stelarc uses a unique art form to communicate to his audience the message of “Mind over pain” and “The human body is obsolete”. He successfully communicates this message through the use of technology and even as far as body amputation being performed in front of a horrified audience. Stelarc has sort to re-define the world by using his technique of withstanding
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Introduction- Pablo Picasso and Stelarc are two artists who both use shock tactics to create artworks that resonate with the audience. Although ones a modernist and the other a postmodernist‚ they both share similarities in their subject matter‚ and that is shock value. Body 1- Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist who was born in 1881. Picasso was a painter‚ printmaker‚ ceramicist‚ sculptor and stage designer who spent majority of his life living in France. Picasso showed outstanding talent from
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The development of new technologies has impacted and advanced the connection between new artists and their audiences as societal issues are explored through this new medium. Artists Patricia Piccinini‚ Tony Oursler and Stelarc express the impact of technology on the visual arts‚ through their art making practice. Patricia Piccinini is interested in how both the natural and artificial aspects of nature are influencing a changing society. Her art making practice is inspired by the impact that technology
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Explore the relationship between the body and technology in the work of Orlan and Stelarc A performer is essentially composed of two entities: the self and the representation of the self. The human body is the physical manifestation of this represented self and is interpreted by the observer depending on its gender‚ age‚ colour‚ attractiveness‚ adornment and perceived disabilities (these perceptions often being culture-bound as well). In addition to this‚ the performer uses make-up and costume
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is an ongoing conceptual work in progress which has become an example of a new technological body‚ pushing Stelarc to explore transhumanism in new ways. Ear on Arm has involved the cultivation of a prosthetic ear out of cartilage and cells‚ several surgeries‚ and the insertion of a microphone and blue-tooth transmitter that would wirelessly broadcast to the Internet the sounds of Stelarc and his environment (Schwartzman 2015). It is located on his inner forearm‚ which is anatomically an optimal
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- Alison Strachan * Discuss how artists have differed in their practice over time. Use examples to support your answer. * Yves Klein‚ Stelarc and Ron Mueck. Artists throughout time are subjected to changing their practice due to context and issues within this time period. Artists that center around performance art‚ who use shock to convey their artworks‚ are subjected to change. Changes within the world inspire artists to create artworks that reflect these evolving aspects. Different
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Bibliography: Haraway‚ Donna. "A cyborg manifesto: science‚ technology‚ and socialist-feminism in the late twentieth century." Simians‚ cyborgs and women: the reinvention of nature (1991): 149-181. Stelarc. “From Psycho-Body to Cyber-Systems: Images as Post-human Entities”: 116-123.
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According to Australian artist Stelarc the human body is obsolete‚ flawed and prone to problems such as pain and death (Leeker‚ 2000‚ p.49). He continuously extends and manipulates his physical body in bionic performances‚ experimenting with the expansion of the limits of the human body in projects such as Third Hand (1980)‚ Exoskeleton (1997) and Ear on Arm (2007). Moreover‚ he questions the necessity to stay human when technology starts to invade our lives and bodies (Stelarc‚ 1997‚ p. 243). To illustrate
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can discuss the meaning that the form of a medium embeds itself in the message‚ creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is perceived to the audience. This phrase can be communicated through Damien Hirst and Stelarc artwork. Damien Hirst works are very conceptual and dramatic which leaves the audience looking for a message. For example he’s artwork “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone living” which consists of a tiger shark preserved
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several art traditions and refer to contemporary culture with each artist’s point of view challenging the idea of art as unique and precious. This is similar to the Dada movement of the 1920’s and is evident in the works and concepts of Anselm Kiefer‚ Stelarc and Anne Zahalka. Postmodernism can be seen as a division from modernism. During the 1960’s societies approach to creativity‚ history‚ literature‚ architecture‚ science‚ values and society in general began to drastically change. Throughout the 1970’s
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