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Having worked at both a shadily managed menswear kiosk and a shadily managed toy-UFO kiosk in Rivergate Mall, I can’t say that a collection of over 100 sliced-up and preserved human bodies and body parts is the weirdest thing you’ll see at this Goodlettsville shopping hub. Be that as it may, these cadavers, preserved and posed via a process known as plastination, make for quite a spooky but enlightening exhibition. After being dehydrated and having all of their lipids dissolved by an acetone bath (i.e. having all of their skin and fat melted off), the newly sinewy specimens (i.e. skinless corpses) are posed in a manner as to reveal the most intimate details of our very own internal anatomy. See every muscle, tendon and ligament required to dribble a basketball or throw a discus. The exhibit, as Bodies Human’s website puts it, “show[s] the effects of poor health, good health and lifestyle choices.” Plus it’s totally trippy. Word of advice: Don’t take any psychedelics before attending. At a similar exhibit in Chicago, a shroomed-out buddy of ours once totally fainted while glimpsing the waxy guts and free-floating brainstems. True story.
Jan. 18-May 1, 2010
Jan. 18-May 1, 2010
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