Gallery: For Extreme Artist Stelarc, Body Mods Hint at Humans' Possible Future

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    *The artist Stelarc reveals the current state of his ongoing "Ear on Arm" project. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired* [![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/wp-content/gallery/global/creative-commons-ng.gif)](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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    *Stelarc utilizes a third arm in* Handswriting *at Maki Gallery, Tokyo, in 1982. Photo: Keisuke Oki, courtesy Stelarc*
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    *Stelarc's* Stomach Sculpture, *Melbourne, Australia, 1993. Photo: Anthony Figallo, courtesy Stelarc*
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    *Stelarc's* Exoskeleton, *Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, 2003. Photo: Igor Skafar, courtesy Stelarc*
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    *Stelarc poses with an "Ear on Arm" sculpture at Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, 2010. Photo: Stephen Jones, courtesy Stelarc*
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    Stretched Skin *at Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne 2010. Photo: Graham Baring, courtesy Stelarc*
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    *Stelarc collaborated with [Nina Sellars](http://www.ninasellars.com/) for* Blender. *Technikunst, Melbourne, 2005. Photo: Stelarc*
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    *Stelarc's performance piece* Split Body *at Galeria Kapelica in Ljubljana, 1995. Photo: Igor Andjelic, courtesy Stelarc*