Begrepp – En Samling (Concepts – a Collection) was an art project realized at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in

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in 1992. It comprised an

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, a

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and a

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series that all focused on the heart and brain in various fields:

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, the

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and

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, in order to reflect on the philosophical and practical relationship between art and science. The project was initiated by artist Per Huttner, at that time a student at the

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and M.D. Ph.D. student

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. In the exhibition, one could see two large metal and glass sculptures of the heart and the brain that contained the crumbled posters promoting the exhibition. Large photographs of histological samples of the two organs sat next to scientific abstracts, occult and religious images. Close to the entry of the exhibition, hearts and brains of various animals including an elephant and a lemur which had been lent by the Museum of Natural History sat next to recipes of how to cook the organs. The lectures were held by Professor Lennart Wetterberg on the subject of how

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looked at the brain, Professor Erna Möller and the artist Lenke Rothman dialogued about

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in their respective fields; Professor Rolf Luft examined social and cultural implications among

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in the sciences and Lars Olson talked about how a medial scientist sees the brain. Each lecturer also contributed with a text in the publication. In 2007, after Hüttner had developed some of the experiences from Begrepp – En Samling in projects like I am a Curator”, '' Democracy and Desire'' and formed the international research network Vision Forum, Huttner and Arnér decided to set up a continuation of their project, entitled

(In)Visible Dialogues (In)visible Dialogues was an art project realized at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2011. It was initiated by artist Per Huttner and biochemist Elias Arnér. The project was transgressing the boundaries of exhibition, publicatio ...

, which was shown publicly in the same venue in 2011, almost 20 years after the first exhibition.

, Ed. E. Arnér and P. Huttner, 240 pages, design by Åbäke. Published by Dent-de-Leone. and

References

External links

site to download of a facsimile of the publication.Professor Lennart Wetterberg's contribution to lecture and publication (English version).Royal Institute of Art web siteRoyal Academy of Fine Arts web site (In Swedish only)Karolinska Institutet web sitePer Huttner web siteElias Arnér profile at Karolinska Institutet.
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