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Posted by suckapunks (&v) on July 22, 2007, 1:24 pm suffice to say the reason i am posting about this is because it was readily apparent who were the smokers and who were not. the majority were smokers however. the lungs were all grey/black. you could sit there and see normal tissues of the anticipated structure and color scheme (where he did not dye) and then, sitting there right in the cavity of the chest was a large greyed out set of lungs. it truly does make an impact when you look at them. the non-smokers lung after the process has a whitish color and could arguably be considered normal. the smokers lung sat amidst the rest of the body tissues silently, visually defiant, rife with tar and unnatural. there were also some who were not life time smokers as well. these lungs were whitish with freckles of tar littered around the whole of the lung tissue like the negative film of a starry night. many of the cadavers were male, however a few were female. one in particular caught my eye as it was a simple portrait of a petite woman standing. various parts of the body were stripped away revealing the inner sanctum of her chest. tar splattered lungs declared she smoked either in youth or socially, though not a committed lifer. you could superimpose whatever externals you wish, a celebrity, a lover, yourself...irrespective of this detail is the inevitable accumulation of filth and damage occurring below the line that smoking causes without prejudice. i'll leave it here, but for anyone who wants to see an intriguing set of art and tickle that secret place we all have come to understand and nurture in this forum i would recommend you go and see a body worlds display in your area if it comes by. Link: Body Worlds Information Site
Message modified by board administrator July 22, 2007, 6:52 pm
there has been a recent display at the science museum in charlotte, which i believe is also currently in toronto and another city for that matter. it has been quite controversial in the main media and amongst different groups for various reasons. it deals with an artist from europe who receives peoples remains post mortem as a donation for the purpose of his art. he then goes through this process of, for lack of a better word, curing the body remains, preparing/removing what he chooses and positioning them into a final posture for display. as a pre-med student it wasn't all that shocking, it was more of a lab. however some of the art was truly amazing and what really caught my attention was that as you observe these pieces you can't help but consider these were once human beings. this was joey, he was a clerk and lived in blah blah blah. there were a number of things from an artistic and human perspective that made this a compelling display.
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