Plastination
Hmmm I just watched a documentry on plastination. I had heard of it befour in the Sunday magazine because the guys exhibition was coming to Sydney I think. Its worrying, I mean dont get me wrong I think he is a brilliant guy and the fact he had made this advance will benifit medical science. However the idea that a body and featus donated to
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Might I ask why science is more important than art? Just wondering your opinion is all.
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I think it's now in Melbourne.
It was an awesome exhibition, full of flayed open cadaver's. Quite, confronting. I was quite disturbed as you pointed out by the number of people - including children, who were "yes. this is the lung" - and so very medical about it. I was looking at this cut up person who was sliced thinking "Wow, I couldn't tell if this wasn't what they sell at the butcher"
Though I found it all so intriguing I felt physicly ill at the end... All of these exhibits were real life people!
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