Week 4: Technology + Medicine + Art

Medicine has long been influenced by art and technology as presented by professor Vesna. Today modern medicine has been absolutely reconstructed and redesigned since the times when our only entrance to the inside was cadavers. With the help of technology, we have been able to create MRI machines or CAT scans and we have even come as far as to become cyborgs thanks to Kevin Warwick.
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MRI Scan
In Diane Gromalas ted talk she talks of how technology has become medicine. Through virtual reality we have been able to successfully relieve, if not basically cure, chronic pain systems. I was shook to the core once i learned about this. I had no idea that we could incorporate something like virtual reality into medicine. Another concept we touched on was arts power in medicine.
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Virtual Reality
Cosmetic surgery in itself is an art form. In today's society, our looks are like covers of books; we cling to the pretty ones. Unfortunately, we associate our appearance to our worth or likeability. This is when cosmetic surgery comes into play to sculpt our bodies into the picture perfect. Through Orlan, we can heavily see this influence of surgery in her art. This made me immediately think of the show Botched, which is all about fixing people's past surgeries, that really tied it all together for me. Through this I see all three concepts working together. Medicine through the procedure, Art through the body cosmetic sculpting and technology through the resources used to play out the surgery and deliver it to viewers.
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Tv Show Botched


“Artiste Transmédia Et Féministe. Météorite Narratif Du BIO ART. Son Oeuvre Questionne Le Statut Du CORPS Dans La Société. Ses Sculptures, HYBRIDATIONS Et Autoportraits Réinterprètent Le Rôle Des Nouvelles Technologies.” Artiste Transmédia Et Féministe. Météorite Narratif Du BIO ART. Son Oeuvre Questionne Le Statut Du CORPS Dans La Société. Ses Sculptures, HYBRIDATIONS Et Autoportraits Réinterprètent Le Rôle Des Nouvelles Technologies., www.orlan.eu/.
“Botched.” E!, www.eonline.com/shows/botched.
“Kevin Warwick.” Kevin Warwick - Coventry University, pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-warwick.
“ONLINE COURSE LOGIN.” Course Login | Online Course Login, cole2.uconline.edu/courses/1067208/pages/unit-4-view?module_item_id=26086634.
Talks, TEDx. “TEDxAmericanRiviera - Diane Gromala - Curative Powers of Wet, Raw Beauty.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 Dec. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdarMz--Pw&feature=youtu.be.
“Artiste Transmédia Et Féministe. Météorite Narratif Du BIO ART. Son Oeuvre Questionne Le Statut Du CORPS Dans La Société. Ses Sculptures, HYBRIDATIONS Et Autoportraits Réinterprètent Le Rôle Des Nouvelles Technologies.” Artiste Transmédia Et Féministe. Météorite Narratif Du BIO ART. Son Oeuvre Questionne Le Statut Du CORPS Dans La Société. Ses Sculptures, HYBRIDATIONS Et Autoportraits Réinterprètent Le Rôle Des Nouvelles Technologies., www.orlan.eu/.
“Botched.” E!, www.eonline.com/shows/botched.
“Kevin Warwick.” Kevin Warwick - Coventry University, pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/kevin-warwick.
“ONLINE COURSE LOGIN.” Course Login | Online Course Login, cole2.uconline.edu/courses/1067208/pages/unit-4-view?module_item_id=26086634.
Talks, TEDx. “TEDxAmericanRiviera - Diane Gromala - Curative Powers of Wet, Raw Beauty.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 Dec. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdarMz--Pw&feature=youtu.be.

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