Here's Stelarc's website for anyone interested: http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/
G James Bucknell wrote: > > stellac (sp?) an australian based performance artist in the 80s used > biofeedback. he would place electrodes on himself that would generate music > on a > computer. it would also feed electrical impulses to his muscles causing > muscular > spasms that would make him more twitchy than the crack heads of yesteryear > selling bike seats on avenue a. sort of a bio feedback loop. i saw him at the > art gallery of nsw in maybe 1987. > > some trance djs were telling me that bt uses some type of biofeedback > mechanism > in his live performances. don't know any of the details. probably the more he > farts the more epic the breakdown. > james > www.jbucknell.com > > "Giles Dickerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/15/2001 01:25:36 PM > > To: 313@hyperreal.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: (bcc: James Bucknell/Magazines/Hearst) > Subject: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs / Neil Stephenson's Ideas > > If you're interested in this concept (whiuch is entirely not happening > yet ofcourse) I reccfomend you all read a fantastically entertaining > book called "The Diamond Age" by Neil Stephenson. He is the author of > snowcrash, a book that to me embodies the exact type of visual > experience that electronic music brtings to my senses. > > - Giles > > D I G I T A S // B O S T O N > -- > Giles Dickerson > Art Director > 800 Boylston Street > Boston, MA > 02199 > -- > mobile 617 899 9635 > office 617 369 8601 > > ''Taking no risk is to accept > the certainty of long-term failure." > > > ---------- > > From: Brendan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:40 PM > > To: '313@hyperreal.org' > > Subject: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs? > > > > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991563 > > > > "A computerised DJ that uses feedback from the dancers to generate new > > music > > has been developed by artificial intelligence experts at > > Hewlett-Packard, > > meaning clubbers may soon only have themselves to blame if they do not > > like > > the music they are dancing to..." > > > > I don't think it'll take off myself... > > > > Brendan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
