She brings her avant-garde persona and dance-friendly beats to the Dyke March after-party July 2, part of Toronto’s official Pride festivities. She never finished high school but works with academics at MIT, one of the world’s premier science and technology institutions. The most obviously bionic limbs are created by Sophie De Oliveira Barata, founder of the Alternative Limb Project. “Viktoria is a role model who has taken control of her body and allowed her prosthetic to take on different art forms,” Barata said. Drawn to London’s subcultures, she was a teenage Goth, cyberpunk and burlesque girl, dancing to electroclash and even swing music.

Source: thestar July 02, 2016 10:04 UTC