Inspector Gadget --- Exoskeleton

1.    Which artist’s work do you find the most interesting?

Stelarc’s work is the most attractive.

 

2.    Describe one work by that artist in detail, and explain, what is interesting about it.

The Exoskeleton (1999) looks like an electronic spider but it only has six feet. Its color is dull grey. It is a walking machine which is connected to the human. The artist’s body is positioned at the centre of the structure on a turnable and activates the machine through an extended ‘arm’ with a pneumatic manipulator. Combining mechanical, electronic, and software components, the machine is controlled by the artist’s gesture and performs a ‘dance’ that is entirely choreographed by his arm movements.

I found it is interesting because this work reminds me a movie called ‘Inspector Gadget’. I am so impressed with the protagonist in the movie who has a ‘technologized body’.