Stelarc Detached
Pernell Myers
• Human body is “a structure rather than a site for the psyche”
• Emphasizes the intersection of technology and the body i.e. prosthetics, augmentation, and animations
• Centering on the concept that ‘human body is obsolete’
• In Stelarc's Ping Body a remote audience could access, view and actuate the body of the artist via the Internet
PING BODY
Does relinquishing his body to the control of an unknown, distant audience, direct the present audience’s attention to the obsolescence of the human body, or does Stelarc inadvertently force them to evaluate the humanity inhabiting his body?