Category Archives: Anatomy

An Horse does it again with their with their “Postcards” music video from their debut album “Rearrange Beds.”

Directed by Celeste Potter and David Rusanow.  They mounted a camera on the ceiling and took a picture every five seconds for the five and half hours it took to complete the anatomical man.  It’s mesmerizing watching them create this sad little guy.

The video was inspired by an animated sketch Celeste did of which she simply said, “I think I will make a whole video like this.” Click here to see the animation.

[spotted by Alex]

The Secret Museum is now a website!

I have just launched a full website for The Secret Museum, my exhibition of photographs (as seen above) exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world. The website includes information, links, and, of course, a full gallery of photos, installation and otherwise; You can check it out by clicking here.

The Secret Museum exhibition proper will be on view until Sunday, June 6th at Observatory; please consider yourself cordially invited to a closing party that evening, featuring a last perusal of the museum, a bit of wine, a dimly-lit chandelier, and some esoteric music complements of Mister Friese Undine. The party--which will run from 6-10 at Observatory--is, of course, free of charge, and should be good fun. Address and travel details can be found here.

Hope very much to see you there!

All above images from The Secret Museum; captions from top to bottom:

1. "Femme à barbe," Musée Orfila. Courtesy of Paris Descartes University
2. Venus Endormie (breathing wax model), Spitzner collection Collection Spitzner, Musée Orfila, Paris Courtesy Université Paris Descartes
3. Opération de la Cesarienne, (wax model of Caesarean section) Collection Spitzner, Musée Orfila, Paris. Courtesy Université Paris Descartes
4. Skeleton and hand models for "la médecine opératoire" Musée Orfila, Paris. Courtesy Université Paris Descartes
5. Plaster Models in Pathological Cabinet, The Museum of the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow
6. Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands
7. Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands
8. Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands

Kristen Holbrook created this out-of-this-world triptych for a digital painting assignment as an art student in Brooklyn.  She based it off of Mucha’s elegant female figures and combined it with anatomy from the Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery.

Holbrook says of her piece, “I wanted to put together two things I loved, which was how beautiful the insides of a human could be combined with the outside. From left to right in the triptych the skin is coming off.”

A great mash-up of elegance and grotesqueness.

For those of you unfamiliar with Mucha’s females, here’s a reference photo that Kristen used for her piece.

Tomorrow night--Tuesday, May 25--Megan Prelinger, co-founder of San Francisco's inspiring Prelinger Library and author of the new book Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957 - 1962, will be on hand at the 86th Barnes and Noble to sign copies of her book and present an illustrated lecture about her research into science fiction advertising from the late 50s to the early 60s.

Prelinger's book, while not anatomical in theme, does feature a smattering of spectacular space medicine adverts, a few of which you can see above; Perhaps this should come as no surprise, as the book is published by Blast Books, which is (in)famous for its more corporeal offerings such as the Mütter Museum Books and Calendars and last year's best-selling Dissection.

Having had a peek at this book while it was still in production, I can assure you that the non-anatomical images which fill this book are as awe-inspiring and surprising as those you see above, and tomorrow's presentation is sure to be fantastic in every sense of the word!

You can find out more about the event by clicking here; You can find out more about the book by clicking here or here. To find out more about the Prelinger Library, click here.

Thanks so much to Blast Books' Laura Lindgren for sending these wonderful images my way!

Friend-of-Morbid-Anatomy Suzanne G. of the incomparable Wurzeltod website and Tumblr, asked me to help get the word out about the upcoming exhibition: "Many Dead Things: The Specimens of Alex CF." The opening reception will take place on May 17th and the show will be on view until June 12th.

Full information following; check it out!

MANY DEAD THINGS – THE SPECIMENS OF ALEX CF
27 May – 2 June 2010
Opening reception: 27 May, 6 – 9 PM | 28 May – 2 June, 12 – 6 PM daily

Superette Gallery
66A Sclater Street, Off Brick Lane
London, E1 6HR, United Kingdom

In his first solo exhibition, following the release of his monograph, artist Alex CF offers the public a unique opportunity to see his bizarre specimens in person – objects that have so far only been witnessed by private collectors, such as Maxime Chattam (author) or Reece Shearsmith (actor, League of Gentlemen) who wrote the foreword for his book, and will be lending pieces from his own collection for the show.

Alex has spent the last five years crafting wondrous relics of an alternate past – a rich tapestry of 19th century cryptozoological artifacts and creatures that challenge our understanding of the natural world: The mummified remains of a vampire child, the taxidermied corpse of a 7-foot-tall adult werewolf, the trappings of scientists and archaeologists pertaining to the study of these species in the form of antique research cases, amongst many other fascinating objects.

The show will encompass a number of works including 6 new pieces and Alex will be signing his book.

Alex’s work has been featured in a number of well-known publications both online and in print, such as Weird Tales, Bizarre, BoingBoing, and io9. His work has also been featured on book covers, and in a number of independent films.

Click here to download press release.

To find out more, visit the exhibition website by clicking here. To visit Suzanne's amazing Wurzeltod website, click here; to visit her equally if not more amazing Tumblr, click here.

Image: By Alex CF, from exhibition website: L’enfant Diabolique, mixed media, 2010

Check out this oversized and hand-painted ribcage jersey shirt by Sass & Bide.  Of course it isn’t cheap ($100)… butttt it’s sexy!