Body Probe : Torture Garden 2 - Mutant Flesh and Cyber Primitives [Paperback]

David Wood (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1999 | Series: Torture Garden (Book 2)

The Torture Garden follows up its first, club-based book with the sequel Body Probe, an anthology of interviews, features and images exploring the boundaries of the human body at the edge of the new millennium.

Contents include: David Cronenberg, Hermann Nitsch, Chapman Brothers, Orlan, Stelarc, Ron Athey, Della Grace, Nick Knight, Alex Binnie, plus alien abduction, sex in space, medical fetishism, robot art, mutation in fashion, self-made freaks, the cybernetic body and S/M art.

Body Probe confirms the Torture Garden's position at the cutting edge of the fetish, body art, and cyber technology scene. It contains over 100 black and white photographs, and over 50 full-colour plates.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Creation Books; 1 edition (December 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840680040
• ISBN-13: 978-1840680041
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,451,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not for the average customer, December 26, 2000

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Ana Beatriz Guerra (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Body Probe : Torture Garden 2 - Mutant Flesh and Cyber Primitives (Paperback)

"Body Probe" goes beyond grotesque. This isn't about mere critiques of Stelarc's, Orlan's or Marina Abramovic's work. This isn't a book for the kind of people who'd wonder whether this is art or not, this isn't a book for the average reader. You have to seriously consider the human body as the most complex and beautiful art subject to enjoy this. You have to believe that the mutant flesh is about to become the next trend. After reading "Body Probe", you'll be sure the cyber culture is here for good and it has the most intimate ralationship with the flesh, an aesthetic revolution that has no turning back.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Radical Exploration of the Body, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Body Probe : Torture Garden 2 - Mutant Flesh and Cyber Primitives (Paperback)

Body Probe is an amazing collection of interviews and essays of radical performance art, s & m culture, cyborgs, and the films of David Cronenberg, among many other interesting things. The color and b/w pictures are well arranged. Stand-out features of the book include an interview with Mark van Saper, a leading fetish clothing designer, and an intriguing essay about sex in space, which includes some David Bowie lyrics. For those who dare to venture to the boundaries of free expression and the use of the body as an art form, then this book is highly recommended.

4.0 out of 5 stars outer limits, April 26, 2004

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Author Brian Wallace (Mind Transmission, Inc.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Body Probe : Torture Garden 2 - Mutant Flesh and Cyber Primitives (Paperback)

a uniquely mind-opening work that deftly explores the "cutting edge" of severe anatomical explorations.

A forbidden work that surely upsets conservatives everywhere.