
To all you Christians, Merry Christmas. To everyone else, burn in hell.
Just kidding. Merry Christmas to all.
Robert Muraine - The funniest videos clips are here
The Perfect Fall - Watch more funny videos here
The stage-name Stelarc is a hybrid of Stelios Arcadiou, and so too is this show a retrospective of Stelarc's ever transforming, performative self. And yet it is not the usual type of retrospective that is often associated with the visual arts. Rather than an overview of a very successful, internationally renowned career, Cadaver... Comatose... Chimera... is characterised by an anxiety and self-doubt that imbues much human interaction with its residual technocratic landscape.
The show is an examination of a performance practice that I believe began in the 70's; one characterised by a body in crisis and exemplified by the suspension of Stelarc's naked self above a busy New York intersection. (Among other risky and provocative acts). Indirectly alluding to a transient, decomposite flesh, and often underscored by a ritualistic, sadomasochistic impulse, Stelarc's Third Arm was a much more explicit representation of the relationship between human being and machine. With this robotic monstrosity attached to his actual arm, Stelarc called into question the assumed integrity of the natural world. That is, why place an undeniable value upon human life when robotic augmentation of the body can result in a hitherto unprecedented evolution of the species ?
Whichever side of the fence you sit on, Cadaver... Comatose... Chimera... is a reassessment of the relationship between human beings and technology. In doing so, Stelarc has responded to unpredictable developments in the techno-landscape. The so-called technological revolution may just be a composite of fascinating fetishes and armageddon type fusions of man and machine. The actual revolution could very well be a less melodramatic event. Human intelligence distributed on-line in the form of intelligent and interactive images. Hybridised mutations of global grey matter augmented by machines to the point where these intelligent images develop their own unique trajectory. Bodies can no longer be claimed as those belonging to individuals. The self is now an ephemeral and contingent entity, one that has a peculiar and disturbing beauty simply because of its very unreliability. In Cadaver... Comatose... Chimera... Stelarc questions all his previous assumptions about the body. When he asks "Who am I ?", the answer is that we are virtual compositions of multiple streams of global thought that gather and mutate in on-line environments such as Second Life. In effect, we have become intelligent images distributed on-line.
For those of you still prone to pinching the fleshy underside of your forearm and decrying the existence of data-bodies, please consider... Yesterday, or the day before, or even last week, what amount of time did you spend sitting before a computer staring at the algorithmic calculations that now construct simulations of your data-self ? (And the triumph of capitalism has ensured that those who disbelieve or resist the technological advance, are either dragged along by the scruff of the neck, or simply left behind). In Stelarc's world, it is the estranged space between what we believed we were, and who it is we have become, that is perhaps the monumental disjunctive experience of our time. Searching for solace in this contemporary technocracy, I sit down at my apple mac and turn on-line...
The Cadaver, the Comatose & the Chimera:
Avatars have no Organs
By Stelarc
SL site construction: Daniel Mounsey
SL assistance: John Derrick
Sound design: Tim Cole
Lighting: Emily Adinolfi
Video: John Dogget-Williams
Documentation: Nina Sellars
Animated micro-robot: Steve Middleton
Global mind project: Karen Casey & Harry Sokol
EEG headset: Emotive Systems
La Mama Courthouse, Dec. 15 - 16, Melb.
Yeah~ it’s time for some action
The first step attention plz drop the beat
I’m the joker did you hear my name
The people that used to chase me are all the way back there. I don’t care about that difference.
(what you say) I’m still rappin’
That’s okay. Look at me now. replay
Bump in let’s go let’s jump
Ma style that’s never been felt before
It’s real real real real baby show me what you got
(we are beast)
Come on come on hey, come to me
(it’s the B2ST)
Come on come on hey, I’ll show you
(we are beast)
Come on come on hey, so you can’t escape
(it’s the B2ST)
Come on come on hey, I’ll show you
The melody that will trap you
Can you hear my breath? They all adore me
Now I will (take it) show you everything
Beast is the best, time to fly
----------------------------------------------------------------
"Bad Girl"
I'm heart sick, heal me, be crazy, can't let you go
Sad love song, my love's gone, please baby, don't go far
So beast
Down, down, we gotta get down, down, down, we gotta get down
Down, down, we gotta get down, I want ya, come to me, girl
Down, down, we gotta get down, down, down, we gotta get down
Down, down, we gotta get down, I want ya, come to me, girl
Niga tteonan jarie seupeumi gadeukhae
Naman dugo tteona beorimyeon nan eotteokhae
Shigani jinagado ni eolguri jakku tteo olla
Meoriga binggeul binggeul doneunde
Eojega majimak kiss, neol jabji mothan nae miss
Modeunge kkumi gil please, nan geunyang babo baboga dwin geot gata
Sorichyeo sorichyeo bulleo butjapgo butjapgo shipeodo
Hey, hey, hey, girl, dorawa jweo please, my hate girl
Amuri saeng gakhaedo maldo andwae, bad girl
Jakkuman ni saenggage michyeo michyeo, bad girl
Tteonaji mallago nege sorichyeodo
Dwi dora bojido anhneun, bad girl
G-O-N-E niga tteonani jal gadeon shigyedo stop gwaenhi
Nae gwieseo deullineun like our story, so sick
Hanttaeneun my, my lady niga eobseo ureo nan daily
Ajik ni jarineun biweo dulge girl C-O-M-E
Miweohan ji harumane geuriweojyeo
Ni saenggage nae eolguri nunmullo beonjyeo
Neol butjabeuryeo hamyeon neo ege daga galsurok deo
Naegeseo meolli meolli ganeunde
Dashi dolligin neomu nujeo borin geot gatae
Ni moksori ga naegeseo jakku meoreo jineunde
Sorichyeo sorichyeo bulleo butjapgo butjapgo shipeodo
Hey, hey, hey, girl, dorawa jweo please, my hate girl
Amuri saeng gakhaedo maldo andwae, bad girl
Jakkuman ni saenggage michyeo michyeo, bad girl
Tteonaji mallago nege sorichyeodo
Dwi dora bojido anhneun, bad girl
Yeotaekkeot niga haetdeon modeun mal
Hansungan modeun geda geojitmal
Ni mameul dwi dolliryeo halsurok
Naegeseo han georeumsshik meoreojyeo ganeun neo
Amuri saeng gakhaedo maldo andwae, bad girl
Jakkuman ni saenggage michyeo michyeo, bad girl
Tteonaji mallago nege sorichyeodo
Dwi dora bojido anhneun, bad girl
Down, down, we gotta get down, down, down, we gotta get down
Down, down, we gotta get down, na honjaman tto seulpeo hae... naege dorawajweo
Down, down, we gotta get down, down, down, we gotta get down
Down, down, we gotta get down, I want ya, come to me, girl
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Translation
I'm heart sick heal me be crazy can't let you go
sad love song my love's gone plz baby don't go far
we got a new skool sounds now we take this song
so beast!!!
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
(I wanna come to me girl)
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
(I wanna come to me girl)
The spot where you’ve left is full of sadness
How could you leave without me
As the time passes your face keeps popping in my mind
And now my head feels dizzy
Last night was my last kiss and as I didn’t hold you back it was my miss
Plz hopefully everything is a dream and I think i’ve become an idiotic idiot
Shout, shout, although I really-really want to hold you but
Hey hey hey girl, please come back plz ma hate girl
Bad girl, been thinking about it an it doesn't make any sense
Bad girl, your reminiscences are driving me crazy
Although I cried “don’t leave”
Bad girl who leaves without looking back
G.O.N.E, after you’ve left, even the ticking clock stopped.
The words my ears pointlessly picked up is like our story (so sick)
At one point, ma ma lady, without you I cried daily
For now I will reserve your spot, girl C.O.M.E
I've only hated for a day, but I miss you already
Just thinking about you leaves face soaked with tears
As I get closer to confine you
You are only getting farther and farther
It must be too late to go back
You are voice is only getting fainter
Shout, shout, although I really-really want to hold you but
Hey hey hey girl, please come back, plz ma hate girl
Bad girl, your reminiscences are driving me crazy
Although I cried “don’t leave”
Bad girl who leaves without looking back
The words I couldn’t say before
Suddenly became lies
You’re getting further and further away from me
Bad girl, your reminiscences are driving me crazy
Although I cried “don’t leave”
Bad girl who leaves without looking back
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
(I wanna come to me girl)
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
down down we gotta get down
(I wanna come to me girl)