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Comment comment by Brandon on 25 April 2008

I saw the Bodies Exhibition in Houston and really enjoyed it. I had to keep telling myself "these are real human (or horse) body parts" as they were deceptively plastic-looking. They were also very much "art-like" in they were often arranged to be visually appealing/engaging.

Much of the exhibit focused on the effect of various diseases and abuses on the body. The contrast between a healthy lung/liver/heart/intestine/etc and an abused/diseased one was amazing. I wonder if the "artist" set out with that goal in mind or if it was only after delving into a few innards that his attention shifted/focused in the health direction...

In any case, I've thought about writing him to see if he'd be interested in plasticizing me after I die. His exhibit could use a "how a body recovers after being run over by a bus" corner.

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RE: Bodies by VnutZ :: NR8

I saw the Bodies Exhibit in Manhattan and was equally amazed at how they did some of the things they did. Particularly amazing was the extraction of the complete nervous system or the circulatory system and then suspending it ... crazy.

If you want to donate yourself, just go to China this year for the Olympics and be a political dissident. You'll be one of the "Bodies" soon enough after that.

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