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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Occupation</b> </td>
<td> Artist, Body Modification Practitioner
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Website</b> </td>
<td> <a class="external free" href="http://www.body-art.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.body-art.net</a>
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<p><br/>
</p><p><b>Lukas Zpira</b> is a <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Body_modification_artist&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Body modification artist (page does not exist)">body modification artist</a>, nomadic performer, documentor of the contemporary fringes and one of the major figures of the contemporary underground.
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<table class="toc" id="toc"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Onanisme_Manu_Militari_II"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Onanisme Manu Militari II</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Current_Activities"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Current Activities</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Performances"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Performances</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Body_Hacktivim_manifesto_2.0"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Philosophy"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Philosophy</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Career"> Career </span></h2>
<p>Lukas Zpira began his artistic career in 1992, at age 26. It was upon the presentation of two charcoal sketches that he was accepted as a member of the art collective "ADADA" in Avignon, which consists of about 30 artists of various influences. It was with the help and support of Daniel Romanie, founder and director of the collective, that he made his first real artistic experiments: paintings, sculptures, installations, writings, and photography.
</p><p>His works, closely related to nouveau realism, differed in style to his writing and photography, which were far more influenced by surrealism and Dadaism, notably Duchamps and Man Ray's rayographs. It was in 1993 that he took on the name Lukas Zpira, an anagram inspired from the surrealists.  Multiple experiences and various exhibitions still left him unsatisfied, and he felt he had quickly reached the limits of his medium. He left the collective in 1995 to turn towards body art.
</p><p>Soon after, Lukas opened Body Art/Weird Faktory in Avignon, the first studio in France dedicated to body modification, and immediately got critical respect for his detailed and precise cutting work. In a short period, Lukas grew from a talented cutter to offering a full range of body modifications, including tongue splitting, implants, and subincision.   
</p><p>In early <a href="/index.php?title=2004" title="2004">2004</a>, in Japan, Lukas Zpira developed and wrote the body hacktivism manifesto, an artistic and political movement that asseverates the corporal biodiversity facing beauty standards imposed by Hollywood. More inspired by the bestial extra terrestrials of Star Trek than the tribal references of the modern primitive movement, this activism of a new genre asserts the heritage of science fiction in the battle for body autonomy.
</p><p>Lukas Zpira either coined or brought to the mainstream the terms "body hacking," "body hacktivism," "no body is perfect," and "like a butterfly."<br/>
</p><p>In the spring of 2005, his book <a class="external text" href="http://www.bmeshop.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=9&amp;idproduct=4702" rel="nofollow">"Onanisme Manu Militari II"</a> was published by <a class="external text" href="http://www.hors-editions.com" rel="nofollow">Hors Ed.</a>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Onanisme_Manu_Militari_II"> Onanisme Manu Militari II </span></h2>
<p>This book is a compilation of text and images retracing a decade of experimentation and iconoclast collaborations. This work includes the contributions of David Le Breton, Maxence Grugier, Philippe Liotard, Ryochi Maeda, Edp infected, Gnom, Human Game and Laurent Courau.
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Current_Activities"> Current Activities </span></h2>
<p>Lukas Zpira is currently on the self-proclaimed "Crazy BodMod Tour." Started in 2000, the tour is a journey which takes him to the U.S, Canada and Japan, but also to more unexpected lands such as Brazil, Venezuela, Guatemala, Argentina, New Zealand and Australia, while continually pursuing his personal evolution.
</p><p>He's also working on subcultures documentation such as <a class="external text" href="http://www.vampyres-themovie.com" rel="nofollow">Vampyres</a>. Two books, "Vampires"(Flammarion Ed.) &amp; "Hidden Shadows" (<a class="external text" href="http://www.hors-editions.com" rel="nofollow">Hors Ed.</a>) have already been published and a movie by Avalanche Productionsis due out september 2007.
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Performances"> Performances </span></h2>
<p>In 2000 Lukas organized the event <b>ART-KOR.OO</b>, which took place in Avignon, France, during the very famous art festival. This went on for 6 months featuring up to 80 performances and conferences from many international artist, giving birth to the <a href="/index.php?title=ART_KOR" title="ART KOR">ART-KOR</a> collective.
</p><p>For several years now Lukas has been doing many <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Body_art" title="Body art">body art</a> performances and installations mixing <a href="/index.php?title=Suspension" title="Suspension">suspension</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Scarification" title="Scarification">scarification</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Branding" title="Branding">branding</a> along with <a href="/index.php?title=Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> traditional <a href="/index.php?title=BDSM" title="BDSM">bondage</a> performed by his wife Satomi. Since 2001 he has been touring all around the world and has been a regular performer for <a class="external text" href="http://www.torturegarden.com" rel="nofollow">Torture Garden</a>. Together with Satomi, he recently gathered various artists and musicians (<a class="external text" href="https://www.myspace.com/luciferodm" rel="nofollow">ODM</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://www.myspace.com/kannelle" rel="nofollow">Kannelle</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://www.myspace.com/vonmagnet" rel="nofollow">Phyl Von</a>), as well as poets (<a class="external text" href="https://www.myspace.com/tariknoui" rel="nofollow">Tarik Noui</a>, David Defendi) within the collective "<a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Haction_Mutante&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Haction Mutante (page does not exist)">HACTION MUTANTE</a>" with which they presented "HACTION I" inside the bunker of the <a class="external text" href="http://www.abodeofchaos.org/" rel="nofollow">abode of chaos</a> in Lyon, France.
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Body_Hacktivim_manifesto_2.0"> Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0 </span></h2>
<p>Created at the dawn of the twenty first century under the impulse of Ryoichi Maeda, the term body hacktivism was born from the necessity to define a movement of artists, researchers and thinkers working around mutations and using body modifications as a medium.<br/>
These artists, as opposed to modern primitives who use tribal anthropology as their basis, practice, theorize and/or invent prospective avant-garde body modifications which are influenced by manga culture, comics, science fiction films and literature.<br/>
Made possible by a constant inquisitiveness regarding the evolution of tekno-medical discoveries these practices, experimental by essence, are defined as Body Hacking, and expresses the will of these artists, researchers and/or thinkers to surpass the bio-logical frontiers.
</p><p>The terms body hacktivist and body hacktivism also signifies the necessity to act and to take our destiny into our own hands and the perpetual will to reinvent ourselves.
</p><p>Body hacktivism also poses the question on the freedom of choices concerning an ever increasing number of transformation options humankind is facing and re-evaluates the notion of collective interest versus individual interest.
</p><p>Body hacktivists can only refute the validity of any patent, license or copyright relative to the body and its transformation.
</p><p>Body hacktivism doesn’t include the need to be modified.<br/>
All modified persons are not necessarily considered as body hacktivists.<br/>
De facto, many artists, researchers and philosophers appear as body hacktivists without necessarily revendicating it.
</p><p>Body hacktivism is not a group and should foremost be perceived as a state of mind, as a philosophy each is free to adopt.
</p><p>........................................................................................................................Lukas Zpira .08
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Philosophy"> Philosophy </span></h2>
<p><a class="external text" href="http://iam.bmezine.com/iam.exe?lukas+zpira" rel="nofollow">Lukas Zpira</a>, wrote the following statement in 1998:
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<blockquote>
To be, and to appear what we are<br/>
hybrid beings <br/>
half organic matter, half manufactured product,<br/>
mutants,<br/>
relieved of our self destructive instincts, <br/>
just trying to repossess our bodies <br/>
to better master our minds.<br/>
what caterpillar would think of flying before becoming a butterfly? <br/>
our metamorphosis is a self-examination, <br/>
each step is an experience, <br/>
each element an answer, <br/>
it is a metaphor,<br/>
a challenge, <br/>
slashes in the lines (pre-traced?) of our lives. <br/><br/>
</blockquote>
<p>And some other major texts such as : <br/>
</p><p><a class="external text" href="http://www.body-art.net/v6.0/Kortext/LZtxt2us.html" rel="nofollow">Putting an end with BAUDRILLARD</a><br/>
<a class="external text" href="http://www.body-art.net/v6.0/Kortext/LZtxt3us.html" rel="nofollow">Toward a political approach of mutation</a><br/>
<a class="external text" href="http://www.body-art.net/v6.0/Kortext/LZtxt1us.html" rel="nofollow">Ritual body</a>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_links"> External links </span></h2>
<ul><li><a class="external text" href="http://www.body-art.net" rel="nofollow">Lukas Zpira body modification related web site</a>
</li><li><a class="external text" href="http://www.blowyourmind-productions.com" rel="nofollow">Lukas Zpira photos web site</a>
</li></ul>


'''Lukas Zpira''' is a [[Body modification artist|body modification artist]], nomadic performer, documentor of the contemporary fringes and one of the major figures of the contemporary underground.


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==Contents==
# [[#Career|Career]]
# [[#Onanisme Manu Militari II|Onanisme Manu Militari II]]
# [[#Current Activities|Current Activities]]
# [[#Performances|Performances]]
# [[#Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0|Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0]]
# [[#Philosophy|Philosophy]]
# [[#External links|External links]]
 
==Career==
Lukas Zpira began his artistic career in 1992, at age 26...
 
==Onanisme Manu Militari II==
This book is a compilation of text and images retracing a decade of experimentation and iconoclast collaborations...
 
==Current Activities==
Lukas Zpira is currently on the self-proclaimed "Crazy BodMod Tour."...
 
==Performances==
In 2000 Lukas organized the event '''ART-KOR.OO'''...
 
==Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0==
Created at the dawn of the twenty first century under the impulse...
 
==Philosophy==
[Lukas Zpira], wrote the following statement in 1998:
:'''To be, and to appear what we are
hybrid beings
half organic matter, half manufactured product,
mutants,
relieved of our self destructive instincts,
just trying to repossess our bodies
to better master our minds.'
what caterpillar would think of flying before becoming a butterfly?
our metamorphosis is a self-examination,
each step is an experience,
each element an answer,
it is a metaphor,
a challenge,
slashes in the lines (pre-traced?) of our lives. '''
 
And some other major texts such as :
* [http://www.body-art.net/v6.0/Kortext/LZtxt2us.html Putting an end with BAUDRILLARD]
* [http://www.body-art.net/v6.0/Kortext/LZtxt3us.html Toward a political approach of mutation]
* [http://www.body-art.net/v6.0/Kortext/LZtxt1us.html Ritual body]
 
==External links==
* [http://www.body-art.net Lukas Zpira body modification related web site]
* [http://www.blowyourmind-productions.com Lukas Zpira photos web site]

Latest revision as of 07:23, 17 September 2023

Lukas Zpira
[LukasZpiraAndSatomi.jpg](/images/thumb/7/75/LukasZpiraAndSatomi.jpg/100px-LukasZpiraAndSatomi.jpg)
Birth Date April 29, 1966
Birth Place France
Death Date living
Occupation Artist, Body Modification Practitioner
Website [1]

Lukas Zpira is a body modification artist, nomadic performer, documentor of the contemporary fringes and one of the major figures of the contemporary underground.

Contents

  1. Career
  2. Onanisme Manu Militari II
  3. Current Activities
  4. Performances
  5. Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0
  6. Philosophy
  7. External links

Career

Lukas Zpira began his artistic career in 1992, at age 26...

Onanisme Manu Militari II

This book is a compilation of text and images retracing a decade of experimentation and iconoclast collaborations...

Current Activities

Lukas Zpira is currently on the self-proclaimed "Crazy BodMod Tour."...

Performances

In 2000 Lukas organized the event ART-KOR.OO...

Body Hacktivim manifesto 2.0

Created at the dawn of the twenty first century under the impulse...

Philosophy

[Lukas Zpira], wrote the following statement in 1998:

To be, and to appear what we are

hybrid beings half organic matter, half manufactured product, mutants, relieved of our self destructive instincts, just trying to repossess our bodies to better master our minds.' what caterpillar would think of flying before becoming a butterfly? our metamorphosis is a self-examination, each step is an experience, each element an answer, it is a metaphor, a challenge, slashes in the lines (pre-traced?) of our lives.

And some other major texts such as :

External links

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