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Performance artists are known for pushing the bounderies, but one Australian has astonished his contemporaries by having a third ear implanted onto his arm.

The Cypriot-born eccentric Stelios Arcadious spent 10 years searching for a surgeon willing to perform the controversial operation.

He got his wish after working as a Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University's Digital Research Unit. The ear was grown in a lab from cells and implanted into the 61-year-olds left forearm in 2006.

Mr Arcadious said he thought art "should be more than simply illustrating ideas." Once the ear has fully developed he hopes to get a microphone implanted as well.

"It is more of a relief at present than an ear but it is still recognisable as an ear," he said.


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Comments (4)

Maybe he should have put it... (Below threshold)
SilentStorm:

Maybe he should have put it on top of his head. That way, people won't notice his bald spot so much... :o)

Now if he could only implan... (Below threshold)
lowmal:

Now if he could only implant a brain..

LOL-just another nut... (Below threshold)

LOL-just another nut

I could understand implanti... (Below threshold)
kim:

I could understand implanting an eye, or playing a recording of the ear implantation surgery, but this has no co-ordinate artistry. Post co-ordinate, you say? I'll listen.
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