Today in class there was a presentation on Stelarc. I found his art to be somewhat interesting because it is not the kind of thing that I would have ever thought of in regards to art. I was always under the impression that art is by definition a painting or a scupture. I never really thought about the fact that it can be a performance. It does make sense, though because music is a form of art, and it involves performance art as well.

I do not fully understand what the significance of the 1/4 scale ear on his forearm is. I guess that it is interesting because it was grown in a lab from his own tissue, but as far as i can tell, this is all that makes it a "real ear." From what I understand, there are none of the internal elements that make an ear an ear. It dosent connect to his brain in any way as far as I could tell. Therefore, it is not a functioning ear, but simply a mass tissue that looks like an ear. Maybe there is something that I have overlooked, but this is my take on the ear project.

I do find the robotic extensions of his body to be interesting. It shows that the human body is similar to a circuit board as mentioned in class. These projects show that the miniscule electrical impulses that travel through the human body can be converted into movement of both the body itself as well as an external item.