I'm still exploring ideas for the project and this caught my imagination. It is a representation of the face transplant area that was replaced last year on a French woman. I believe it was the first successful face transplant in the world and I wonder what its significance might be. Are we moving into an era where body parts can not only replaced, which has been aroucd for certain organs for about 50 years, but where surgeons act as sculptors, or artists, redrawing/reshaping peoples bodies. Are we the new canvas? Is this the Burke and Hare of the 21st Century? Is it live art? Is it art? Discuss.........
Would it only be considered art if the surgery was successfull and a "good looking" face, boob job etc was the outcome. Look at michael jackson and even his sister La Toyah.
ReplyDeletewhat do you mean by successful. did they live? that would count. were they happy? how would we know? on whose terms is good looking described? over to you!!
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