Evaluation of Body Worlds Exhibition from the Axis of Science and Art

Year 2022, Issue: 27, 151 - 167, 28.01.2022

Emrah Yücesan , Mehmet Üzel , Aslıhan Erkmen Birkandan

https://doi.org/10.17484/yedi.966203

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Whenever art and science have come together throughout the history of civilization, the driving force arising from this union has been for the benefit of humanity. Our current understanding of human biology indicates that abstraction is the highest level of thinking evolved in our species. This innate talent is most utilized in science and arts. Advances in science and technology can lead to innovations and advancements in arts, and vice versa. Additionally, if one examines developed societies, one will notice that the concept of development covers science, technology and arts as a whole. Within this context, we will examine the Body Worlds Exhibition as a contemporary and in some respects controversial union of science and art. We will first define anatomy as a branch of science, and give its history, then the story of its evolution will be told. Such an introduction is necessary since the development of anatomy as a science is also the history of scientific thinking, enlightenment against dogmas, and the development of art and technology. The focus of article is how the Body Worlds Exhibition turns an innovation in sciences, particularly anatomy, into an exhibitable art event. This study, in which the scientific content of the exhibition is associated with the Bioart movement, also aims to make a unique contribution to the field by showing that anatomy throughout its history has been influenced by arts and technology. Another contribution to the field will be through the comparative approach of the examination of the anatomy of humans and other organisms in terms of technical and ethical values. Thus, a novel perspective on Body Worlds Exhibition as the embodyment of the intersection of science, technology and arts will be shared.

Keywords

Anatomy, Body Worlds exhibition, bioart, plastination, science-technology-art intersection.

Body Worlds Sergisi’nin Bilim ve Sanat Ekseninden Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Uygarlık tarihi boyunca sanat ve bilim ne zaman bir araya gelse bu birliktelikten doğan itici güç insanlığın yararına olmuştur. Şu an için bildiğimiz kadarıyla insan evriminin geldiği en ileri seviye soyUygarlık tarihi boyunca sanat ve bilim ne zaman bir araya gelse bu birliktelikten doğan itici güç insanlığın yararına olmuştur. Şu an için bildiğimiz kadarıyla insan evriminin geldiği en ileri seviye soyutlama yeteneğidir. Bu yeteneğini insanlık, en çok bilim ve sanat etkinliklerinde göstermektedir. Bilim ve teknolojideki gelişmeler, sanatın da belli konularında ilerlemesine sebebiyet vermektedir. Bu durumun tersi de genellikle doğrudur. Günümüzde gelişmiş toplumlara bakarsak, gelişme denilen kavramın tümel olarak bilim, teknoloji ve sanatı kapsadığı görülecektir. Bu bağlamda bilim ve sanatın güncel, somut ve bazı açılardan tartışmalı bir birlikteliği olarak Body Worlds Sergisi’nin inceleneceği çalışmanın kuramsal çerçevesinde öncelikle anatomi, bir bilim dalı olarak tanımlanacak ve tarihçesi verilecektir. Bu giriş zorunludur, zira bir bilim dalı olarak anatominin serüveni aynı zamanda bilimsel düşüncenin, dogmalara karşı aydınlanmanın, sanatın ve teknolojinin gelişiminin de tarihidir. Makalenin temel araştırma sorusu, Body Worlds Sergisi’nin anatomi bilimindeki bir inovasyonu sergilenebilir bir sanat etkinliğine nasıl dönüştürdüğüdür. Serginin bilimsel içeriğinin, Biosanat akımı ile ilişkilendirildiği bu çalışma aynı zamanda, anatomi disiplininin sanattan ve teknolojiden etkilenmesinin ve günümüzdeki halini almasının gösterilmesi ile alana özgün bir katkı sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Diğer bir katkı da insan anatomisinin diğer canlıların anatomilerinin incelenmesine nazaran farklılıklarına hem teknik hem de etik değerler açısından yaklaşımı olacaktır. Yirmi birinci yüzyılın bilim, teknoloji ve sanat ara kesitinde yer alan bu istisnai çalışmanın incelenmesi neticesinde, bahsedilen birliktelik somutlaştırılacaktır.

Keywords

Body Worlds Sergisi, bilim-teknoloji-sanat arakesiti, Anatomi, Biyosanat, plastinasyon

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