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The body voyage as visual representation and art performance
1Historian of Science, Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. jeon@sund.ku.dk
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|September 23, 2011
Summary
This study explores the body as an interior landscape, examining the "inner corporeal voyage" in contemporary art and medical imaging. It analyzes how visual representations shape our understanding of embodiment and bodily presence.
Area of Science:
- Art History
- Medical Humanities
- Visual Culture Studies
Background:
- The body is increasingly understood as an interior landscape, made visible through diverse representational practices.
- Contemporary art, particularly performance and installation, engages with themes of the inner corporeal voyage.
- Medical visual technologies offer new perspectives on the body's interiority.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the concept of the inner corporeal voyage in art and medical visualization.
- To examine how contemporary artists represent the body's interior landscape.
- To discuss the implications of medical imaging for theories of embodiment and bodily presence.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of contemporary art performances and installations.
- Examination of medical visual technologies (e.g., endoscopy).
- Theoretical discussion linking visual representation, embodiment, and bodily presence.
Main Results:
- Contemporary artists utilize the 'inner corporeal voyage' to explore subjective bodily experiences.
- Medical visual technologies provide objective, yet mediated, views of the body's interior.
- The study highlights the interplay between artistic and medical representations of the body.
Conclusions:
- Visual representations, both artistic and medical, are crucial in constructing our understanding of the body as an interior landscape.
- The concept of the 'body voyage' is reinterpreted through contemporary art and medical imaging, influencing discussions on embodiment.
- Christian Boltanski's exhibition offers a unique perspective on the body voyage, emphasizing its subjective and existential dimensions.
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