Category Archives: Anatomy

Netherlands-based multidisciplinary artist, Levi van Veluw, is a master at crafting different types of materials and patterns using his head as the sole canvas.  I love how the figures look almost haunting with their expressionless faces and how the patterns and textures accentuate different features of the head.

View all of Levi’s work on his portfolio site, levivanveluw.nl!

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Asger Carlsen, born 1973 in Denmark, is a New York City based artist. Much of his work focuses on the human body. He manipulates often already contorted shapes, redesigning the human form. His work is sometimes subtle and requires close inspection – seemingly tricking the eyes. Other pieces are more obvious in their beautiful distortions.

It was difficult choosing only a few images to post. Make sure to check out his work on his site, asgercarlsen.com.

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Whoa. Ok, this takes paper crafts to the next level. Lobulo Design, of London/Barcelona, does some stunning work, all hand cut! Most of the pieces have a lot of depth, not always translated in the head on shots, but their website has some really great behind the scenes photos and videos of how these pieces were made. Your hand will probably get sore just thinking about how much x-acto cutting it takes for each project, kudos!

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I stumbled across a photo of the Boobie Beanie on Facebook and the response to the idea was so huge that I just had to learn more about them.

The Boobie Beanie is the creation of Sara, a young nanny from Minneapolis who is now based in San Francisco.  She crochets each and every Boonie Beanie by hand out of 100% organic cotton.   The breast part is that each Boobie Beanie is completely customizable, pink nipple? brown nipple? you got it.

Of course, the whole concept makes light of the ridiculous controversy over women breast feeding in public.  The Boobie Beanie is made to look like a breast when worn by a baby while nursing.  It accentuates the fact that, yes, I’m a mother and I can feed my baby whenever and wherever I want.

The Boobie Beanie is available for only $15.00 at boobiebeanie.com!  You can also order the pattern for $5 for those of you with the crocheting skills.

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Hope to see you at our lunar themed Observatory double header tomorrow and Saturday night! Full details follow.

The Moon and Its Closest Associates: A 3-D Slideshow with 3-D Legend Gerald Marks
Date: Friday, February 17
Time: 8:00
Admission: $5
Presented by Morbid Anatomy

The Moon and its relationship to our earth has been a prominent feature in the work of artist Gerald Marks for the past four decades. Tonight, join this 3-D legend and former San Francisco Exploratorium artist in residence for an all 3-D ode to our dear satellite. Some of the images premiered at Marks' 2000 presentation at the American Museum of Natural history as part of their "Rockets in Sprockets" festival, honoring the first anniversary of the new Rose Center for Earth & Space. Also included will be Marks’ panoramic 3-D images of New York City, taken during the January 2001 Lunar Eclipse, from the top of the World Trade Center.

Gerald Marks is an artist working along the border of art and science, specializing in stereoscopic 3-D since 1973. He may be best known for the 3-D videos he directed for The Rolling Stones during their Steel Wheels tour. He has taught at The Cooper Union, The New School for Social Research, and the School of Visual Arts, where he currently teaches Stereoscopic 3-D within the MFA program in Computer Art. He was artist in residence at San Francisco's Exploratorium and a Visiting Scholar at the MIT Media Lab, where he worked with computer-generated holography. His Professor Pulfrich's Universe installations are popular features in museums all over the world, including the Exploratorium, The N. Y. Hall of Science, and Sony ExploraScience in Beijing & Tokyo. He has done 3-D consulting, lecturing & design for scientific purposes for The American Museum of Natural History, the National Institutes of Health, and Discover Magazine. He has created a large variety of 3-D artwork for advertising, display, and pharmaceutical use, as well as broadcast organizations Fox and MTV. He has designed award winning projections and sets at the N.Y. Public Theater, SOHO Rep, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center and the Nashville Ballet, where he created stereoscopically projected sets. He created the 3-D mural in the 28th Street station of the #6 train in New York City’s subway. He did 3-D imaging of dance around the New York shoreline as part of an iLAB grant from the iLAND Foundation for using the arts to raise environmental consciousness.

Image: "Moon Viewing," from the series "Artistic, Aesthetic and Poetic Tastes of the Japanese," by Gerald Marks, as featured in our current Lunation exhibition. Put on 3-D glasses for full experience.

Observatory's Lunar-Themed 3rd Anniversary Fundraiser Party
Yes, friends, we're over the moon about our 3rd Anniversary! Come celebrate with us, and help support your favorite interdisciplinarian art, science, & occult event space.
Date: Saturday, February 18th
Time: 8pm
Admission: $20

Check out our art show, Lunation: Art on the Moon, and then trip out to a Moon Phantasmagoria show by VJ Fuzzy Bastard. We'll also be screening episodes from the Midnight Archive, a show featuring your favorite Observatory masterminds.

Libations will be provided courtesy of La Fée Absinthe.

There will also be:

The luminous MC Lord Whimsy!

Stellar giveaways courtesy of Kikkerland!

Out-of-this-world raffle prizes, including:

Gift certificates from the scrumptious SweetWolf's and the delectable Palo Santo!

Moonrise Perfume from Herbal Alchemy!

30 Minute Divination Session with Kathy Biehl - Tarot or Astrology - your choice!

Audiobooks from Hachette!

Occult Book Set including an autographed copy of Mitch Horowitz's Occult America (Bantam), and Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Tarcher/Penguin)!

Abraxas International Journal of Esoteric Studies with accompanying occult music CD!

Lunavision Ritual Tea Set from Rebis Remedies!

And so! much! more! We look forward to seeing you there.

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Der Vivisektor (The Vivisector), 1883
Gabriel von Max
Oil on canvas
39 ¾ x 65 ¾ in. (101 x 167 cm)
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Munich, on permanent loan to the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, inv. no. FH 551

Throughout his life, Max was outspokenly opposed to the practice of vivisection (dissection of living animals), that was common at the time for scientific research. A famous painting, The Vivisector comments on this (seen above). He depicts a contemplative doctor with Lady Justice standing behind him. Her scales contain a brain and a heart, with the heart weighing heavier. Max died in 1915 in Munich.

From Explore Seattle.

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