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1. Verena Kuni «Mythical Bodies II. Cyborg configurations as formations of (self-)creation in the imagination space of technological (re)production (II): The promises of monsters and posthuman anthropomorphisms» that are superior to real bodies also marks the starting point of the long-term project with which in 1990 the French artist Orlan began her work complex «The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan.» Very much like the legendary painter Apelles, who [more] |
2. Verena Kuni «Mythical Bodies II. Cyborg configurations as formations of (self-)creation in the imagination space of technological (re)production (II): The promises of monsters and posthuman anthropomorphisms» they suggest that the clutches of the new technologies are more far-reaching. Even if they do not proceed as radically as do Orlan and Stelarc, who turn their own physical bodies into a venue for the technologies, in their own way they lend expression to [more] |
3. Marie-Luise Angerer «Postsexual Bodies. The Making of ... Desire, Digital» the case of insanity, drugs and illness—the organization of the one body. The French performance artist Orlan, who has become known for her spectacular operations, acts on a completely different level. In «La Réincarnation [more] |