Response to "Performances in Cyberspace" by Gunter Berghaus

     In Performances in Cyberspace, Gunter Berghaus talks about new media art and how it relates to the evolution of technology. He explores the ways that art changed through the development of first digital media, then video games, and finally through cybernetics. As technology develops, artists are finding new ways to use technology to create art. In the article, Berghaus talks about an artist named Stelarc. Stelarc uses various forms of technology to creates works of art, including turning himself into a cyborg. In one art piece, Stelarc let the audience control have of his body remotely while he controls the other half. This fusing of human and technology is an example of cybernetics. It is also evidence that humanity is headed toward a singularity, as predicted by Ray Kurzweil.  The idea of a singularity is the prediction of an event when humans and machines will be linked together to the point of having nanobots injected into every person to help with daily functions. Stelarc, and other artists like him are examples that the singularity is approaching, whether we are ready for it or not.