Amputees- a partial list

11. February 2007 Category concepts & ideas | 0 Comments »

Past:

Tycho Brahe
Captain Hook
Captain Ahab (link suggestion?)
The Black Night
Hydra (does it count if the limb can grow back?)
Ella Fitzgerald
Pegleg Bates

Now?

Mark Goffeney
Bethany Hamilton
Aimee Mullins
Homer Avila
Joe Davis
Mad-Eye Moony

Future

6 Million Dollar Man
Bionic Woman
Luke Skywalker
Stiltman

Morphology

23. November 2006 Category concepts & ideas | 0 Comments »

In Morphology, Lisa Bufano, a bilateral below knee and finger amputee, uses mechanical sculpture, props and prosthetics to transform her body to discover its ‘natural’ movement.

Through performance, Lisa will explore themes such as the conspicuous nature of possessing a deformed body in public, achieving acceptance through merit, the universal human desire for comfort, lifestyle modifications inherent in living with prosthetics and the quest to evolve para-human abilities through technology.