When i first saw the images of Stelarc's "The Third Hand", this video and song popped out in my mind .



Work It . Make It . Do It . Makes Us
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
More Than Hour . Our Never .
Ever After Work is Over
Work It Harder Make It Better
Do It Faster Makes Us stronger
More Than Ever Hour After
Our Work Is Never Over

Both the idea of Stelarc and this song are about the transformation of "Human"body and identity, although the cartoon characters who have blue skin are rather like aliens. They are about the changes in identity and body.

My first impression towards the song, the music video and Stelarc's Third Hand are quite similar. All of them are about changing ourselves to fit the environment and to catch up with the world.

stelarc - the third hand

yoi yoi ~



This is lain, from the digital media class.



This blog is about my research upon Stelarc.

And i gonna work on the question 4 which is about the role played by digital technology in the production of Stelarc's " The Third Hand "

Here are the Books and references which I have read for the whole research.

Bibiography & Reference :

Paul, Christiane. Digital Art. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2003.

Jones, Amelia. “’Stelarc’s Technological “Transcendence”/Stelarc’s Wet Body” In Stelarc – The Monograph, edited by Marquard Smith, 87-124. London: The MIT Press, 2005.

Clarke, Julie. "Stelarc - Exoskeleton" In Live Art And Performance, edited by Adrian Heathfield, 206-209. New York:Routledge, 2004.

Stelarc. Stelarc’s official website, http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/ (accessed October, 2008).

"An interview with Stelarc ". http://www.rainerlinz.net/NMA/repr/Stelarc_interview.html (accessed October 2008)

"Extended-Body: Interview with Stelarc".http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/stelarc/a29-extended_body.html (accessed October 2008)

"STELARC ARTICLES - PARASITE VISIONS: ALTERNATE, INTIMATE AND INVOLUNTARY EXPERIENCES" http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/articles/index.html (accessed October 2008)

"Stelarc’s talk at Transmediale Stelarc在跨媒体艺术节上的讲话". http://www.we-need-money-not-art.com/archives/1429 (accssed October 2008)

"Inverse Motion Capture and Motion Prosthesis in Contemporary Media Art: Stelarc's Movatar and Other Works".http://www.conceptlab.com/uci/003-fall-277b-mocap-stelarc.html (accessed October 2008)

"Electromyography". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromyography (accessed October 2008)