Stelarc

As soon as I saw this guy I thought immediately of the Borg from the old Star Trek shows. He has applied technology to try and add functions to our existing human bodies, which is remarkable. I think he is a very unique person to be able to apply his engineering ability with a completely creative and artistic attitude. I think that there is a lot of validity for some of the positive uses his works could be used for to help everyday people. I hope he continues his work and passes it down to a predecessor to carry on his work when he is no longer able to.

Orlan

Out of all the performance art pieces we have observed in class, her plastic surgery pieces are by far the most intense and powerful in my opinion. Most people would probably consider them to be way over the line of insanity, but I think in many respects that is part of what she is trying to express through them. I think that her underlying goal is to completely destroy the "image" barrier that binds our society by destroying her own feminine characteristics with the plastic surgery.