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January 11, 2005

BODY WORLDS!

Oh sweet merciful pink bouncing baby Jesus Körperwelten is coming to Chicago in February.

In case you didn't know, Körperwelten ("Body Worlds" in English) is an exhibition of partially flayed and plastinated corpses by awesome German doctor, teacher, and nutjob Gunter von Hagen. And I've literally been wanting to see this show for years. So excited. I'll have to sneak in a sketchbook.

Posted by Spike at January 11, 2005 02:56 PM

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You know, as an artist I'm fascinated by this. But on another level... ew.

Posted by Lisa Jonte at January 11, 2005 07:41 PM
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I wish I could've caught his live dissection of a cadaver on tv over in London. It was so controversial they kept the time of broadcast more or less to themselves and I missed it.

Draw lots, and let us know how the place SMELLS.

Posted by John at January 12, 2005 02:54 PM
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Spike! I saw the show in LA. No smell... everything is all clean and shiny plastic incased. Please God I don't want to be a frickin' windchime when I die like some peole were hanging int he window.. What was creepy to me was how you can get people to look at anything if it's "science" or "art" I could have used a handgun everytime I heard some say "That's cool" while looking at a dead woman with eight month fetus still intact in womb.

I would have liked to sketch too but it was mega crowded and I was there with a group of friends.

And yep... it was "ew"

Marilyn

Posted by Marilyn Scott-Waters at January 17, 2005 04:14 PM
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God, I can't wait to see this.

I remember the first time I was part of an Intarweb discussion about Body Worlds. The thread was intially posted a West Virginian fundie born-again who threatened to burn it down if it ever came stateside.

ENLIGHTENED.

Posted by spike at January 20, 2005 07:13 PM
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