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1.  Verena Kuni «Mythical Bodies II. Cyborg configurations as formations of (self-)creation in the imagination space of technological (re)production (II): The promises of monsters and posthuman anthropomorphisms»marks the starting point of the long-term project with which in 1990 the French artist Orlan began her work complex «The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan.» Very much like the legendary painter Apelles, who reproduced only the most beautiful parts of his models' bodies [more]  |
| 2. Marie-Luise Angerer «Postsexual Bodies. The Making of ... Desire, Digital» performance artist Orlan, who has become known for her spectacular operations, acts on a completely different level. In «La Réincarnation de Sainte Orlan» and in the seventh operation, «Ceci est mon corps…ceci est mon logiciel: Omniprésence,» [more] |
