[spectre] The Data Body on the Dissection Table

[Annick Bureaud]

Dear Spectrites,

Early June, Leonardo/Olats moves north to Copenhagen, the 
time of the round table "The Data Body on the Dissection 
Table" that we co-organise with the Medical Museion.
If you happen to be in Copenhagen, we'll be happy to welcome 
you. All details below.

Best
Annick

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THE DATA BODY ON THE DISSECTION TABLE

Arts, Humanities, Medicine and Complex Networks


Evening Event
Leonardo/Olats – Medical Museion
June 4th 2013
Copenhagen, Denmark
6:30 – 9 pm


Dissection reveals what lies beneath the skin, but for a 
brief moment in time, and for a priviledged few. Depictions, 
models, and preservations have long been used to share what 
dissection uncovers; from ancient anatomical drawings to 
today’s virtual 3D anatomies.

In the 18th Century skinned “écorché” figures and anatomical 
waxes were constructed to reveal systems of interlocking 
bones, balanced pairs of muscles, and delicately entangled 
traceries of nerves and blood vessels. The Anatomy Lesson by 
Rembrandt, and the écorché The Horse Rider by Honoré 
Fragonard are famous examples at the border between 
medicine, science and art.

Contemporary medical sciences reveal ever more about the 
complex systems of the human body – but at a barely 
perceptible level. The (medical) human body today is 
understood, tested, and treated as a huge system of data, 
including complex interactions between our genetic material, 
our environment, and our host of microbial companions.

How do we grab hold of this data? How do we make sense of it 
and communicate it to others? How do contemporary artists 
and designers give our ‘data body’ material form through 
images, sound, and touch? What kind of tools are complex 
networks science proposing, and what kind of body do they 
reveal?

The Data Body on the Dissection Table brings together 
scientists, artists, philosophers, and designers to explore 
these questions, through roundtable presentations and 
audience discussion. The event takes place in Medical 
Museion’s auditorium - the Danish Royal Academy of Surgeons’ 
former anatomical theater.

Speakers include Albert-László Barabási (TBC), Distinguished 
Professor and Director of Northeastern University Center for 
Complex Network Research, Boston; François-Joseph Lapointe, 
Professor at the Biological Sciences Department, University 
of Montreal and Artist; Annamaria Carusi, Associate 
Professor in Philosophy of Medical Science and Technology at 
the University of Copenhagen and Jamie Allen, Artist and 
Head of Research at CIID/Copenhagen Institute of Interaction 
Design.

The event is co-organised by Leonardo/Olats and Medical 
Museion under the EU Studiolab framework, and in conjunction 
with the Leonardo Day "Arts, Humanities and Complex 
Networks" satellite event for NetSci 2103.


Attendance is free within the seat limits, refreshments 
provided.

Registration: http://billetto.dk/en/databody

Date: Tuesday, June 4th 2013

Time: 6:30 – 9 pm

Venue: Medical Museion, Bredgade 62 DK-1260 Copenhagen K
http://www.museion.ku.dk/address/


Relevant web sites
Leonardo/Olats (for detailed programme)
http://www.olats.org/studiolab/studiolab.php

Medical Museion, Copenhagen
http://www.museion.ku.dk/

Arts, Humanities and Complex Networks 2013
http://artshumanities.netsci2013.net/

Arts, Humanities and Complex Networks e-Book and web companion
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007S0UA9Q
http://ahcncompanion.info/

StudioLab
http://studiolabproject.eu