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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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 Posted - 07/07/2007 : 18:51:46
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Not the Sex Pistols song but the exhibition. Has anybody here gone to see it? If so what did you think of it? Was it cool or creepy? Educational or eeeky? I saw it this morning and had to walk out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Worlds
I got some heaven in my head
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2007 : 19:04:32
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You like filleted sinew?
I got some heaven in my head
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 07/08/2007 : 06:53:10
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I haven't been able to get my son to go, therefore haven't gone: supposed to be really cool, although the lustre has worn off some of the bodies from when they were "new".
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 07/08/2007 : 13:13:28
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It appeared in Casino Royale. Von Hagens had a show on Channel 4 where he performed live autopsies.
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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Posted - 07/08/2007 : 13:44:22
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i've seen it a couple times.
first time was in london when it first opened about 5 years ago.
and it was amazing.
it was truly unlike anyhting i'd ever seen before.
could not recommend it enuf.
most disturning comment came from mrs benji who said that looking at it made her hungry...
second time was in perth, australia around a year ago.
and it sucked.
lots of the exhibits had lost their vibrant colour and were falling apart.
showed that they were the exact same ones as i'd seen all those years earlier and they're just getting old.
if you haven't seen it before, so don't know what it was like, it'll be great, but i was hugely disappointed the 2nd time.
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2007 : 13:48:10
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I never saw it but it changed a friend's life. He gave up his job and went to work in a hospital. Overreaction or not?
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 07/08/2007 : 16:17:02
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I saw it in 2004 when it came to Los Angeles. Based on benji's comment, I assume the bodies still had some of their lustre. Seeing the array of preserved lungs certainly made me glad I've never smoked.
BTW: http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17401
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 07/09/2007 : 20:32:29
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What made you leave K was it something in specific or was it just a general "creepieness"? I haven't seen it because just seeing dead people freaks me out.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2007 : 12:18:18
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The medical stuff was interesting, all the dissected bodies showing anomalies and organs. But I was grossed out by what seemed to me gratuitous body "art" -- skinned and filleted bodies in different shapes for what seemed to be the sport of it. Reminded me of the concentration camp commander's wife who allegedly made a lampshade out of prisoners' skin.
There is no apparent medical/didactic value behind those parts of the exhibit and mine isn't a moral objection but more a physical repulsion.
I got some heaven in my head
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madtempest
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 07/11/2007 : 08:05:35
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I think I like the Sex Pistols song better than people with no skin.
Not that there's anything wrong with that! ;) |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 07/11/2007 : 08:30:22
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i saw it london around the time benji went... tbh, i think i would appreciate it more now compared to back then. or maybe i did enjoy it, but i just can't remember much of it now. what a shame :(
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 07/11/2007 : 10:05:08
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It's a great 'body' of work.
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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Jefrey
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 07/11/2007 : 15:38:39
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Originally posted by madtempest
I think I like the Sex Pistols song better than people with no skin.
Not that there's anything wrong with that! ;)
Really?! I find the song more disturbing than the exhibit.
From wikipedia on Bodies (the song):
The song was written by the entire band. It is mostly about a fan named Pauline, who was (as the song states) from Birmingham. She had been in a mental institution, where she had apparently gotten pregnant from one of the male nurses. When she was released, she travelled to London, where she became a punk rock fan. She had several abortions. According to legend, she showed up once at John Lydon's door wearing nothing but a clear plastic bag and holding an aborted foetus in a plastic bag as well.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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Posted - 07/15/2007 : 16:40:03
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i remember that the most disturbing exhibit that we saw in london was of a pregnant women with a foetus still inside her. they had cut out a cross section from her stomach showing the foetus and stuff.
that was rather creepy.
there were also some foetus's of various ages stored in jars that were also absent the 2nd time.
but interestingly, both these were missing when i saw it the 2nd time....i wonder if they took out due to degradation or some other reason..
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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bishk99
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/16/2007 : 02:17:00
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Originally posted by benji
but interestingly, both these were missing when i saw it the 2nd time....i wonder if they took out due to degradation or some other reason..
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian
I went to the Bodies exhibition in NY about 3 weeks ago and the foetus' showing the various stages of development were present, as was the pregnant women.
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bishk99
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/16/2007 : 02:20:52
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quote:
Originally posted by benji
but interestingly, both these were missing when i saw it the 2nd time....i wonder if they took out due to degradation or some other reason..
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian
I went to the Bodies exhibition in NY about 3 weeks ago and the foetuses showing the various stages of development were present, as was the pregnant women.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2007 : 02:31:46
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so australia just got short changed then it seems....
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 07/16/2007 : 18:54:32
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Originally posted by kathryn
The medical stuff was interesting, all the dissected bodies showing anomalies and organs. But I was grossed out by what seemed to me gratuitous body "art" -- skinned and filleted bodies in different shapes for what seemed to be the sport of it. Reminded me of the concentration camp commander's wife who allegedly made a lampshade out of prisoners' skin.
There is no apparent medical/didactic value behind those parts of the exhibit and mine isn't a moral objection but more a physical repulsion.
I got some heaven in my head
yeah, it does seem pretty yucky to say the least.
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