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Hello Van Gogh,can you hear me now?

A fake ear implanted in the arm of the artist known as Stelarc will be wired for sound in a move that some see as a further erosion of the traditional notions of life, death and identity

By Dennis Overbye  /  NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK

Stelarc says he understands that some people may be uneasy and squeamish about what he is doing. For his own part, he said, “You’re never in your comfort zone.” Such is the price of being a performance artist.

“Most of the projects and performances I’ve done have either been physically difficult or technically complicated to achieve,” he said. “Sometimes both, ha ha.”

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