[spectre] Re: male body, was: Media Forum Moscow 2007

[Andreas Broeckmann]

mmmh, interesting little series... we should add artur zmijewski, i'm 
thinking especially of his earlier video performances and photo 
series (An Eye for an Eye), but also more recent work. (ubermorgen's 
PsychOS addresses related issues of the vulnerable male body.)

melentie, i disagree though that the issue of nudity does not play an 
important role in stelarc and kulik's work. i think that the unusual 
spectacle of the naked male body is used very consciously (for kulik 
in relation esp. to the art world, and in stelarc's work as a 
counter-pose to the 'nakedness' of the technical hardware and 
processes that he battles with).

regards,
-a


Stelarc
Marcelli Antunez
Oleg Kulik
Rassim
Zoran Todorovic
Artur Zmijewski


>Dear Nina and Andreas,
>
>I tend to look at nudity as an issue of ephemeral concern to both 
>Stelarc and Kulik, but in a way, I agree with Andreas's comments 
>that certain generalizations in some of the statements are clearly 
>out of place.
>One can hardly speak of "absent male body" in the works of both of 
>the above mentioned, but also with artists such as Rassim,
>Zoran Todorovic, etc. etc.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Melentie


>>Women artists
>>face what Foucault called 'hysteriarization of female body', while 
>>men artists
>>face an issue of 'absent male body' (Kelly Oliver) and respond to it with
>>various strategies. One might argue that both Western and Eastern
>>European  women artists have exhibited 'too much body', and to a certain
>>extent find it difficult to leave ?body? behind.