Stelarc

Stelarc
Stelarc showing his third ear at the Warwick University in 2011
Born	Stelios Arcadiou 1946 (age 77–78) Limassol, Cyprus
Nationality	Cypriot-Australian
Known for	Performance art

Stelarc (born Στέλιος Αρκαδίου Stelios Arcadiou in 1946; legally changed his name in 1972) is a Cyprus-born Australian performance artist raised in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine,^[1] whose works focus heavily on extending the capabilities of the human body. As such, most of his pieces are centred on his concept that "the human body is obsolete". Until 2007 he held the position of principal research fellow in the Performance Arts Digital Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England. He is currently furthering his research at Curtin University in Western Australia.