March 9, 2007
Too weird
I count myself lucky to know David, as he's a unique individual. However, sometimes knowing him can lead to some seriously bizarre encounters - like, for example, Wednesday night.
There I was stood in one of the swanky function rooms at the Century Club in London. It was the launch of a new MIT Press book and the new centre at Brunel University, where David works. I was listening to a variety of speeches whilst sipping the free wine, when suddenly the guy on stage whips up his sleeve and waves his arm around, displaying a perfectly-formed third ear.
It got weirder still. The owner of this extra ear, Stelarc, explained that the ear was fitted with a bluetooth microphone - all the better to hear us with.
Disturbing, strange, and very very bizarre.
Posted by savs at March 9, 2007 5:06 PMIf you think that is weird, you should have listened to the lecture he gave as part of last year's Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts conference las year (first one to include 'Arts' and so there were lots of very arty installations, and such).
Posted by: James Cummings at March 10, 2007 12:42 AM