THE BODY PARLOR  14:00 | HDV | 2009

Video Adaptation of a performance piece created by Katrina Chamberlin and James Kubie.

In The Body Parlor, both man and sheep as combined sacrificial bodies become subjects of biological investigation. In discovering new forms of health care (regenerative medicine) and tissue engineering (such as stem cell research), the body becomes sacrificial material for the greater purpose of a social good. The performers employ the material objects, either as products of or as extensions of the body as a way of exploring giving from one’s self in sacrifice.

4:38 excerpt of 14:00 | HDV | 2009

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