{"id":656,"date":"2009-06-17T13:36:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T13:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notechmagazine.com\/2009\/06\/the-body-is-a-machine.html"},"modified":"2009-06-17T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T13:36:58","slug":"the-body-is-a-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2009\/06\/the-body-is-a-machine.html","title":{"rendered":"The Body as a Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e88833011570286a25970c-pi\"><img  class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e88833011570286a25970c \" alt=\"Technofix\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e88833011570286a25970c-500wi\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fernandovicenteanatomias.blogspot.com\/\">Anatomies<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fernandovicente.es\/\">Fernando Vicente<\/a>. Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alpoma.net\/tecob\/?p=1148\">Tecob<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/bioephemera\/2009\/06\/juxtaposition_8.php\">Bioephemera<\/a>. Inspired by the works of Fritz Kahn and others (see illustrations below).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6354202129967480\";\n\/* Streep header LTM ENG *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7304367464\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e88833011570288acf970c-pi\"><img  class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e88833011570288acf970c \" alt=\"Fritz Kahn\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e88833011570288acf970c-500wi\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Above: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/dreamanatomy\/images\/1200%20dpi\/IV-A-01.jpg\">Der Mensch als Industriepalast<\/a> (Man as Industrial Palace), Fritz Kahn, 1926. More of his work <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/artimages\/bodies\/kahn\/gallery\/gallkahn2.html\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/toomanyinterests.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/09\/the-cycles-of-virtue-and-substance-fritz-kahn-and-the-chemical-cycles-of-man-and-machine\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;Fritz Kahn&#8217;s books and illustrations&nbsp;explored the inner machinery of<br \/>\nthe human body, using metaphors of modern industrial life. Kahn turned<br \/>\nthe brain into a complex factory with light projectors, conveyor belts,<br \/>\nsecretaries and cinema screens; he&nbsp;showed the journeys of&nbsp;blood cells<br \/>\nas locomotives encircling the globe; and he compared bones to modern<br \/>\nbuilding materials such as reinforced concrete.&#8221; <\/em>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/artimages\/bodies\/kahn\/kahnmachines.html\">source<\/a>)<em>.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115711db2b2970b-pi\"><img  class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e888330115711db2b2970b image-full \" alt=\"Corpsmachin (agence eureka)\" title=\"Corpsmachin (agence eureka)\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115711db2b2970b-800wi\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>Above: Corps Machine, illustrator unknown, found at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bibigreycat.blogspot.com\/\">Agence Eureka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115711db1c0970b-pi\"><img  class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e888330115711db1c0970b image-full \" alt=\"The head office harold wheeler 1941\" title=\"The head office harold wheeler 1941\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115711db1c0970b-800wi\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>Above: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nynyny\/1478518103\/sizes\/o\/\">The Head Office<\/a>, by Harrold Wheeler, 1941<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e88833011570289a2e970c-pi\"><img  class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e88833011570289a2e970c image-full \" alt=\"The miracle of life harold wheeler 1941\" title=\"The miracle of life harold wheeler 1941\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e88833011570289a2e970c-800wi\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Above: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nynyny\/1478518731\/sizes\/o\/\">The miracle of life<\/a>, by Harold Wheeler, 1941<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115711dd231970b-pi\"><img  class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e888330115711dd231970b \" style=\"width: 700px;\" alt=\"Body as machine\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115711dd231970b-700wi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above: Detail of a Chinese health poster (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nynyny\/2051823202\/sizes\/l\/in\/set-72157602127715206\/\">source<\/a>). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6354202129967480\";\n\/* Grote rechthoek ENG *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6804766150\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6354202129967480\";\n\/* Grote rechthoek ENG *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6804766150\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anatomies by Fernando Vicente. Via Tecob &amp; Bioephemera. Inspired by the works of Fritz Kahn and others (see illustrations below).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,65],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}