He is a pioneer performance artist born in 1946 and his work relates to the body and the extension of its capabilities through technology. His renowned use of robotics, prosthetics and body-modification explore the limitations as well as the possibilities of the human body, ranging from flesh hook suspensions to electronic muscle stimulators connected to the internet controlling his body as well as voluntary surgery on himself. Through his use of robotics, instead of creating a whole new body, he is engaging with his own corporeality in relation to technology, as we observe the interaction of free will and predetermined mechanical movement.