The new exhibition Bodies Revealed at the Custard Factory had a press day last Wednesday, which has resulted in some links. Karen Strunks went along with her camera and took some striking images, which she’s compiled into the video above. She seemed to enjoy it, posting one picture as her BiNS Friday Photo.
Would I recommend the exhibition? Absolutely. It’s a chance to see the human body how you would never get to see it ordinarily. It is fascinating, informative and something very, very different.
Caroline Beavon, of the new Hashbrum site of Birmingham Hyperlocal News, went along and got to interview Dr Roy Glover. There are more films on the Hasbrum report Bodies Revealed: A Guide to The Human Body.
Bodies Revealed – interview with Roy Glover from alexandre gamela on Vimeo.
For all those who have visited the ‘Bodies Exhibition’ in the Custard Factory, Digbeth I’d like to know what you think of it….
Personally I was quite disappointed with it, I found the exhibition very dry and sterile when they could have done so much with it. I found the educational content didn’t come across as well as it could as only very traditional (boring) methods were used to give context to the exhibit (mainly just small plaques of writing with very little information on them or a tour by headphone – which you had to pay an unjustified £3 extra for)
Although this was advertised as a great educational opportunity this was certainly no exhibit for kids – there was absolutely no interactive material to keep them interested. It could have been really effective if modern technology was used to creative immersive learning environments through techniques such as interactive video screens, surround sound, 360 degrees projectors, hologramy and 3D images. They could have used cinmea to take you on a virtual ride through the body and its main arteries or had activity workshops where people could take models of the body apart and build them again – so many options but nothing explored!
In this digital age I think the Bodies Exhibition really missed a trick by not engaging with technology and creating immersive environments which would also add entertainment value – we all know we don’t learn unless we are stimulated and interested in what is going on around us.
Did anybody else think the same?