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Award-winning Australian performance artist Stelarc is doing something utterly bizarre in the name of art – he’s growing a third ear, on his arm!
Is that even possible, you ask? Well, turns out that it can be done
through a complicated surgery. The ear itself was constructed using a
frame made of biocompatible material commonly used in plastic surgery.
It was transplanted into his arm, under his skin, and within six months,
his tissue and blood vessels managed to morph with the material. The ear can’t hear yet, but it definitely is a feeling, functional part of his body.
Award-winning Australian performance artist Stelarc is doing something utterly bizarre in the name of art – he’s growing a third ear, on his arm!
“I guess I’ve always got something up my sleeve, but often my sleeve
is rolled down,” Stelarc joked. “The ear is pretty much now a part of my
arm, it’s fixed to my arm and it has its own blood supply. People’s
reactions range from bemusement to bewilderment to curiosity, but you
don’t really expect people to understand the art component of all of
this.”
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