Tuesday, April 21, 2009
French court says body show indecent, closes it
Reuters: "An exhibition of human bodies, which has traveled the world and been seen by millions, is indecent and must shut down, a French judge ordered on Tuesday."
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I am honnestley surprised that this is the first time the Bodies Exhibit has been placed under legal inspection. I am not saying the ruling is "correct" or "the right one," I am just saying that based on the veriety of reactions to the exhibit that I have heard of, I'm surprised that this is the first time it has come under legal scrutiny. I agree with the article that given the popularity of the show, and for the matter the global acceptance of the show, I am surprised that the French Government was the one to have an issue with the exhibition.
While this is a tough legal issue, given that some of the bodies were not clearly donated to science, it does bring up a very interesting question. In the age of high resolution plastic printing and 7-axis laser cutting and the like, is there a reason this really needs to be done with actual bodies?It seems likely that they could do the imagery (which they've digitized and published in a book anyway, and then print two or three sets of reasonably accurate replicas, allowing more people to see it, and risking offending fewer. This would also reduce the sheer creepiness of the exhibit by a large margin.
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