[PLUG-TALK] Art Institute of Chicago exhibit
Dan Young
danielmyoung at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 15:03:54 UTC 2005
On 6/27/05, Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net> wrote:
> Oh, and my roommate is in Chicago this week and she was really happy to
> see some exhibit in which a person "plastifies" corpses. Have you heard
> of this? Apparently some kind of transparent plastic is injected into the
> body and certain systems are removed while others are left in place. In
> effect, you get various "Visible Men". I guess there's one holding his
> own skin in his hands like a discarded suit (to show how big the skin is,
> I suppose).
http://www.msichicago.org/bodyworlds/
I know some folks who saw this a few months back and said it was
utterly fascinating. Highly recommended.
--
Dan Young
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