April 29, 2018
Medicine + Technology + Art
After studying this week’s material, I now realize that medical practitioners can be artists as well. Before this, I never thought about medicine and technology being art. These practitioners are always trying to stay ahead of the latest advancements and innovations in their particular fields. Virgil Wong says, “Medicine helps us live long lives. Art is about why we live” (Wong). One type of surgeon where you can physically see the work is a plastic surgeon. In Orlan’s documentary, she creates “carnal art” by undergoing several plastic surgeries on her body to show her beauty. Even though this was a form of art, I struggled to watch it myself as I thought it pushed the boundaries.
A second example of the merging of medicine and technology with art is when Diane Gromala speaks about virtual reality and how it can temporarily alleviate her chronic pain. I had never heard about this type of technology being used for medical purposes. I now can see the uses. I believe that if it works then that means something must be right.
Kevin Warwick was also able to find a way to incorporate the human body as well as technology and into his research. His studies incorporated the way the human brain works in order to develop robots that have the same thought process that humans do.
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I find it interesting that a person could use virtual reality to alleviate his/her pain. I think that's a really cool way to treat it.
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