Drawing Blood
Drawing Blood
Drawing Blood
S1 Ep6: Human Remains in Museum Collections, Care, and Contemporary Art
59 minutes Posted May 27, 2022 at 12:39 pm.
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Emma and Christy look at the ethics, politics, and practice of displaying human remains — from museum collections of mummies to photographs of dead bodies. We talk bog bodies, the rights of the dead, dry vs. ‘wet’ specimens, Free Renty, consent, repatriation, museums’ imperial histories, burdens of care, and how recent art — from Andres Serrano to Gala Porras-Kim — might exacerbate or enact solutions to these issues.