Lunch Bites: Stelarc - Avatars Have No Organs

Location: Culture Lab, Space 4/5
Time/Date: 19th March 2010, 12:00 - 13:30

World-famous body engineer Stelarc discusses the potential for body preservation in both life and death. Using controversial techniques such as body hacking, neural implants and prosthetic augmentation, can the dead, the near-dead and the yet to be born now exist simultaneously?

Stelarc is currently Chair in Performance Art at Brunel University West London and is Senior Research Fellow in the MARCS Labs at the University of Western Sydney. His artwork is represented by the Scott Livesey Galleries in Melbourne.

Booking: Attendance is free but you must book to attend. Please visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/545096398?ref=ebtn

Open to students and public. Organised by Newcastle ScienceFest and Culture Lab. 

Newcastle ScienceFest is a 10 day celebration of science at venues across NewcastleGateshead, with the principal aim of increasing the North East’s enthusiasm for science and encouraging young people to consider a career in this area. Full details are available here: http://www.newcastlesciencefest.co.uk/Events/Details.aspx?Id=120

Published: 12th March 2010