i concur with will, who is obviously much better at articulating then i am.

this reminded me a lot of other 1970s performance art - specifically chris burden, who crucified himself to a volkswagen and also shot himself in the arm.

yeah, its a good statement to explore the cyborgs bits and it seems well suited to performance art (or video installation, though there you miss the relationship with the artist actually experiencing it). but i am left with the impression of it mainly being performed for shock rather than seriously exploring the subject.

its always a danger with performance art (andperhaps one of the main reasons it seems to fall flat). but it is nice to see some overlap/interference from that sector into the things we are talking about.