Week 4
MedTech + Art
In the beginning,
it is difficult to understand the connection between medical technology and art
which seems to be two completely different disciplines. Medicine is sometimes
considered a science, and sometimes an art; one object of medical science is to
study human body. One example that convinces me is the visible human project,
which managed to cut a male and a female cadaver into thin slices and then
photographed and digitized to form a database. The figure below shows a number
of slices of human body which is studied for different applications.
Although the
actual development progress sounds a bit weird, there is no doubt that the
project brings to much benefits to fields of both art and science. For artists,
the project gave their access to a detailed dataset and a number of clear
cross-sectional images of specific parts which might serve as references when
they are creating their own artistic work on human body.
The figure above
is a piece designed by Italian sculptor Matteo Pugliese who lives and works in
Milan. His bronze sculptures of men, often made from multiple components,
appear to be trapped in the vertical space of gallery walls. The work shows his
talent in understanding of human muscles and joints.
More valuable
applications of Visible Human Project are in educational aspects.
The figure above
shows a product from ToLTech designed to meet our users' developing
requirements for a thorough understanding of the human body. It also provides virtual
surgery programs which could be used in training for medical students or
scholars.
Reference
1. Panda, S. C. "Medicine: science or art?." Mens
sana monographs 4.1 (2006): 127.
2. Reilly, Sally O. The body in contemporary art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2009.
3. Vesna, Victoria. Medicine
Body Lecture. Video.
2015
4. ArthroSim Arthroscopy Simulator, TolTech.
Web<http://www.toltech.net/medical-simulators/products/arthrosim-arthroscopy-simulator>.
5. Sculture e Lavori, Matteo Pugliese,
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