Locked out 'til after the opening speeches the crowd mills at the bar —“What colour would you like then?” the bar staff’s delicate question.

Dr Donald Brook surprises eaf Director with an introduction to Stelarc that references things Greek: Stelarc, said Brook, had addressed one of the two, major, Greek existential questions—What is our nature? and What is our destiny?—the former being his focus & which he addressed by proposing, and test-flying, pertinent physical hypotheses.  (Or so we remember it.) “Say a few words!” Stelarc introduced the ear to the microphone.  We attended, but heard only the sound of listening. "Ear! Ear!" the silence broken.

"I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours.”  Annie Newmarch offered to unscrew her forearm.  “It doubles as a backscratcher.”  Annie checked the ear more closely, “You ought to get it pierced!”

Great feats of yore—postcard images on the wall of earlier Stelarc manifestations.

Bauhaus roadies, from left, Astral traveller, Lynne Sanderson, Maj Green and virtual friend, Peter Sansom —“I just dagged in!”—revealing incipient Gene Vincent-knee syndrome.

Where are the styrofoam cups?  How do you try it? That's Blender on the left. On the right, conversation in between Blender and Walking Head. Says woman: "I'm from no era particularly. I came here on a bicycle." Edited compilation of works on the left wall.

Nic Folland (centre), debriefing with Dale Roberts. On the right (from left) Bar staff, KB and Akira, and man in military officer's cap, doing psychosis - he thinks it attracts young women. “Pull a chick then!” challenges the barman.

Gnomic philosophy always has a place at the eaf—along with “art, properly so called.” In the centre, Lynne Sanderson and Francesca da Rimini smile for the camera—“Yes, we know how to be famous.” On the right “Would you like me better if I had an EAF catalogue in my CV?”  Answer: “Beanhead! You have a CV?!”