[PLUG-TALK] Art Institute of Chicago exhibit

[Jeme A Brelin]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Dan Young wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, she got back today and we talked about it for a while.  She said it 
was really amazing and kind of creepy.  I think she used the words 
"disturbing", "unsettling", and "fun".

I couldn't live with anybody else.

J.
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