Body and Mind
experiments in medical interventions

Resources

Keep track on events and exhibitions at the Wellcome Trust gallery. Visit the permanent Medicine Man exhibition, where medical implements from the last centuries are on display.

Visit the “Health Matters” and “Glimpses of Medical History” galleries (third and fourth floor) at the Science Museum in London for a closer look into medical equipment.
There are various other museums and medical resources in London, you may find some that interest you on this link: www.medicalmuseums.org
There is a great collection of archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, many of designed to be used on the body for various purposes
In Leeds there is the Thackray Museum, dedicated to medicine http://www.thackraymuseum.org/
FACT in Liverpool often put on technology related exhibitions and conferences, keep track on their listings of events

Look into cybernetics, and famous cyborgs such as Kevin Warwick or Steve Mann who have been experimenting with technology on their own body for years.
In a similar way there are artists who push the boundaries of their anatomy to explore new interfaces, such as performance artists Sterlac and Orlan who creates her art via surgery or choreographer Yann Marussich who uses his body as a transparent container.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, dir. Julian Schnabel, 2007
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, dir. Michel Gondry 2004
Gattaca, dir. Andrew Niccol 1997
Safe, dir. Todd Haynes 1995
Superhero films and fiction tend to use innovative body enhancement equipment and interfaces: For instance The Matrix, Iron Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman…