Body Art

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Drew Berry describes art as being the creation of an image that is interesting and "other-worldly" which I beleive to be extremely accurate of much art.  Biomedical visualization and imaging animates and explains the processes going on within the body.  By showing us what we can't see with our naked eye, the scientists give the images and videos to the public with an out-of-this-world mysterious and intriguing aura.

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Most people have seen the image to the left because it was the beginning of  anatomically-correct artwork.  Much artwork includes parts or the whole of the human form, but in the purpose to evoke emotion in the viewer (see right). Scientific and medical imaging and artwork is to evoke the same emotion, but because it is beautifully accurate and because each human feels a part of the art in the most personal way.

In America and abroad, there are exhibits showing the insides of the human body as an art exhibition.  In the Ukraine, Mysteries of The Human Body, is one of these exhibits using a rubberization process developed around 1970 by Gunther von Hagens.  The process allows the skin and all un-treated biomatter to decay to leave the plasticized veins and organs remaining in-tact (and seemingly still alive!). 

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Another way the body and medical-idea of the body is used for art is in movies like X-Men.  The bodies and senses shown in these types of movies are morphed and digitally contorted to create another vision of the human figure (example of aforementioned "other-worldly" feeling).

Paintings, visual imaging (with artistic alterations and colorings), and using the body itself as art are all becoming ways that artists and scientists relate to the viewer on a primal-seeming way.  Getting a connection with one's own flesh and bones on a new level is what makes this genre so compelling!

Kislov, Andriy . "Lessons In Human Anatomy." kyiv.weekly. N.p., 9 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. <http://kyivweekly.com.ua/style/culture/2012/09/10/160320.html>.

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Berry, Drew. "Body Code." AMCI. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. <http://www.acmi.net.au/drew_berry.htm>.

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