The Aesthetics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): from the Scientific Laboratory to an Artwork

This article investigates the aesthetic potential of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a medical imaging technique, both inside the laboratory and in the arts. By combining Rancière’s understanding of aesthetics with Merleau-Ponty’s notion of embodied perception, it argues that an image-generating t...

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Main Author: Silvia Casini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2010-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=569