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The article talks about works of visual artists Stelarc and Roman Verostko. Topics include works of Stelarc titled "Ping Body;" works of visual artists Leonel Moura and Stelarc which deploys robotics and artificial intelligence; and works of Stelarc featured performative body and cyborgian body from the mediation of human intelligence and volition. It also mention about the works of artists Harold Cohen and Jean Tinguely.

Unhindered by morality, tenderness, or internal volition—that is, by any hint of personal agency—Marinetti's ideal Fascist worker could inexhaustibly build the future with the utmost efficiency. Such a mechanical being would as readily carry out the plans of Mussolini as it would those of Mother Theresa. It would do so without pausing to consider its own desires or the consequences, because it cannot care. It is the perfect slave and the perfect soldier, but the worst kind of citizen.

The article reviews the advanced music and multimedia art exhibition "SONAR 2006," in Barcelona, Spain in June 15-17, 2006.