Eduardo Kac is an American contemporary artist internationally recognized for his interactive net installations and his bio-art. Kac was born in 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) In 1997 Kac was the first person to have a microchip implanted in his body. He did this in the context of his work "Time Capsule", as a form of social commentary, in that it causes us to think deeply about the relationship we hold with technology. He put the microchip in the lower part of his leg, … Wikipedia
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Commentary: Soon after the Robotic Performance of 1986, Kac wrote a yet unpublished essay on robotic art and drew sketches for a telerobotic art work. It wasn’t until 1989 that, in collaboration with Ed Bennett, this work could be realized. Built from s neme.org/main/406/robotic-art-chronology
