Endo-Ecto is an interdisciplinary symposium on endoscopy and related themes organised by live artist Phillip Warnell (thanks to Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick for telling us).
Endo-Ecto – Phillip Warnell
February 10, 2006, 3-8 PM
Nash Room, ICA, The Mall, London SW1
Presented by The Arts Catalyst, devised by Phillip Warnell — http://www.guestplushostequalsghost.com
(the pill camera)
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In our series of posts about medical museums that must be seen (for earlier presentations, see here and here), the turn has now come to the on-line Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art which “exhibits the world’s largest collection of anatomically correct fabric art inspired by research from neuroscience and dissection”. This “world’s largest” collection is on a single web page with four pics: three quilts with images from PET and MRI scannings and a knitted brain (which, by the way, reminds me of the human anatomical knittings by Arrmatie, see here).:
The ‘exhibition’ is created by Marjorie Taylor, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon; she is otherwise mainly working on children’s imaginary companions.
(thanks to Mind Hacks, The Eyes Have It, Faustus, M.D., and Mymarkup)
Universeum meeting, Strasbourg, 22-24 June 2006
First announcement:
Inventorying and preserving university collections – what for?
During the last few years, due to a significant rise in concern about academic heritage, special attention has been given to university museums and collections. Numerous initiatives have emerged all over Europe, mainly focused on building databases, i.e. inventories made accessible online on more or less complex websites.
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Følgende anmeldelse af udstillingen “In the croak room” ved University of Kansas kan — selv om den bruger præparater af frøer og padder — give ideer til hvordan man kan udstille medicinsk-anatomiske præparater på en “æstetisk” måde (fra Nature, 3 nov. 2005):
Nearly one-third of the world’s amphibian species are endangered, and countless have already been lost. Frogs used to be creatures of the wild, but are fast becoming creatures of the lab — pickled, jarred and preserved as a static piece of history. Now some long-dead frogs are taking centre stage as part of an exhibition at the University of Kansas. Creatures from the university’s herpetology collection, along with some from the Field Museum in Chicago, have been cast in urethane in a floor-to-ceiling display of froggy glory.
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Inaugural Science Communication Postgraduate Conference
Science and the Public: interdisciplinary approaches
Saturday, May 20th 2006, Imperial College, London
This day-long postgraduate conference has been organised by Imperial College and the London PUS Seminar Group to help bring together researchers from the disparate strands of academia that consider science as it exists and influences public life.
We hope to attract delegates from a wide variety of disciplines; bringing together researchers from science and technology studies, science communication, history, cultural studies, psychology, anthropology, literary criticism, education, museum studies, sociology, media studies, policy studies, geography and others.
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(pic borrowed from: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~evers/think/mimesis/theory.htm)
‘Representation’ is not only a key concept in biomedicine, but also in museology and in the history of medicine. In all three realms the concept of ‘representation’ bridges the gulf between ‘pure’ science and ‘pure’ art. Scientific reports, historical narratives and exhibitions — all three transcend the neat dichotomy between culture as a mirror (of society or nature) and culture as construction (of society or nature). This conference could be an opportunity to develop further the notion of medical museology as a ‘boundary discipline ‘ between visual art, historiography and science:
Beyond Mimesis and Nominalism: Representation in Art and Science
Two-day conference in London, 22-23 June 2006
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If you want a nice pet for your kids, why go to a home for abandoned cats (it only makes you feel bad because you can’t buy them all) or get in trouble with your neighbor who sold you the most wonderful kitten (it just happened to grew into a psychotic monster)? Get a fresh copy of your cosy, reliable pet instead. Buy a clone. Genetic Savings & Clone
will help you make an exact (genetic) copy of your old favorite and give its (genetic) features eternal life. The company “began delivering clones to clients before the end of 2004, and are continuing to produce and deliver clones for clients, now at a new price of $32,000” (see more here). The price is approx. the same as a new Toyota.
They are now trying to develop the technology for cloning dogs. And who knows, the second next step in Genetic Savings & Clone’s corporate strategy may be a “clone-your-favorite child” program?
(learned about the company from Technology Review, MIT, 28 Dec.)
Ugen mellem jul og nytår er for mig altid en meditativ uge — med mere eller mindre eksistentielle ransagelser og kvababbelser (“hvad gjorde jeg nu forkert i året der gik”, “jeg ønsker jeg havde …”, “shit også …”) og indimellem glæde over, at der trods alt var noget, der ikke gik helt galt. Idag, da jeg sad og kikkede i gamle papirer om Museion-projektets efterhånden over 6-årige historie, slog det mig pludselig, at én af inspirationskilderne til Medicinsk Museion som et historisk-museologisk eksperiment nok har været erfaringerne fra Natkirken i København.
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Those who missed the conference ‘Biomedicine in the Twentieth Century: Practices, Policies, and Politics’ at NIH, Bethesday, 5-6 December can now watch video recordings of the talks through NIH’s website: go to http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp, click on ’50 Most Recent VideoCasts’ (they’ve got a lot of video-filmed conferences over there!) and scroll down to 5-6 December. Be patient — the two days fill 12 hours altogether, but there are several quite good talks, including:
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In our irregular series of posts about medical museums that must be seen (see earlier presentation here), the turn has now come to The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, now at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Founded by a certain Bob McCoy (when?) it contains some 250 quack devices from the 19th and 20th centuries, including a prostate gland warmer, a phrenology machine, a recto rotor, a nose straightener, a wonder electro marvel, etc. One of the most recent artefacts is Read More
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