Plastination
Dr. Gunther von Hagens is the controversial anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. His exhibitions Body Worlds 'are dedicated to the individual interior face'. The latest Body Works Exhibit featuring preserved dead bodies having sex opened in Berlin on Thursday with critics saying a maverick German anatomist dubbed "Doctor Death" has gone too far this time.
The Cadaver, the Comatose & the Chimera
This presentation examines alternate anatomical architectures using mechanical, virtual, biotech and surgical augmentation and exploration of the body. It exposes the obsolescence, the absence and the emptiness of the body. Stelarc is a performance artist who has performed with a third hand, a virtual arm, a 6-legged walking robot and is presently surgically constructing and stem cell growing an ear on →