Re: Do You Have the Human V.2.0 Upgrade?

Jan. 19, 2003

Type: discussion

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> New Genre Artist/body-sculptor Natasha Vita-More has created a
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> forever while looking like super-models. Along with other followers of
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> system could, apparently, be made more… well, 'environmentally
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why is that more exciting than Stelarc's work? The third arm seems a
little disappointing… I think some kind of comparison could be
interesting….

andrei

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"First of all you can't be subversive without being subversive to yourself, that's very important. You miss something crucial if you think subversion means to have clearly defined enemies and act against them. The enemy always is always you, too and in the first place."

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