BOOK ON STELARC -- Ljubljana

[Anna Balint]

From: "Marina Grzinic" <margrz at zrc-sazu.si>

A BOOK ON STELARC, published by MASKA and MKC, Slovenia 2002

STELARC: Political Prosthesis & Knowledge of the Body

Edited by Marina Grzinic


208 pages, 33 black and white photographs, 13 colors; 
ENGLISH (with Slovenian translation)

Essays by STELARC; ARTHUR AND MARILOUISE KROKER; TIMOTHY 
MURRAY; MARINA GRZINIC


Published by Maska, Ljubljana & MKC [The International 
Festival of Computer Arts], Maribor  2002

The book Stelarc - Political Prosthesis & Knowledge of the 
Body, published by MKC, Maribor and its International 
Festival of Computer Arts,  and Maska,journal for 
performance arts, Ljubljana, is the first comprehensive 
book, a sort of monograph, on the work of Stelarc in the 
world.

In the book the main projects by Stelarc, numerous 
esthetical and historical points about these projects, 
along with basic Stelarc texts and his historical 
interventions in body, new media, virtual environments and
telematic arts are compiled and cataloged. The book opens 
with three major texts by Stelarc, followed by a detailed 
visual and textual presentation of his major projects, the 
second part features essays about Stelarc work by
important  theoreticians  of new media and technology: 
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker and Timothy Murray.


The idea of the book is first and foremost to provide 
theoretical, philosophical and critical insight into 
Stelarc's work, into his groundbreaking historical and 
future visions of the body and new technology.


The book  brings  together a varied compendium of 
texts/essays with a large number of visual materials and 
information on Stelarc's work. The book also has an 
accurate bio-data chronological overview of Stelarc's work,
although it does not pretend to be a document (the time of 
documents are over), but a manifest-testament of Stelarc's 
productive, inventive and pioneering investment and 
approach to new media art.

The book attempts to provide a detailed overview of 
Stelarc's state-of-the-art.


Stelarc is Principal Research Fellow, Digital Research 
Unit, Department of Visual and Performing Arts at The 
Nottingham Trent University. In 1997 he was appointed as an 
Honorary Professor of Art and Robotics at Carnegie
Mellon University. In 2000 he was awarded an Honorary 
Degree of Law by Monash University. His artwork is 
represented by the Sherman Galleries in Sydney. Stelarc's 
website URL is  http://www.stelarc.va.com.au

Stelarc's work was for the first time presented in Slovenia 
at Gallery Kapelica, Ljubljana in 1995. In Maribor 
Stelarc's work was for the first time presented at the 
International Festival of Computer Arts in 1996; he
is a frequent guest of the festival, and have acted  as 
well as a co-curator.

The book was realized in collaboration with Martin Bricelj, 
designer of the book, Dean DeVos, English language editor,  
Petra Pogorevc translator of the texts into Slovenian and 
Emil Hrvatin, Editor in Chief, MASKA, Ljubljana.


In the book project participated as well Dragica Marinic 
(the Director of   MKC, Maribor) and Joze Slacek (the Chief 
Organizer  of  the  International Festival of Computer 
Arts, MKC, Maribor).