Dona tu cuerpo al arte es una campaña de vinculación artística en donde se presenta la opción a las personas de que el cuerpo se vaya a manos de un artista que trabaje con cuerpos muertos para la realización de una obra en lugar de un entierro o cremación tradicional. El primer paso de la acción fue un sondeo entre las personas de Mérida donde se les preguntaba sus opiniones sobre la campaña y se les mostraba un catálogo con obra realizada con cuerpos humanos, entre ellos fotos de la obra de Teresa Margolles, Joel Peter Witkin, Gunther Von Hagen y The International Society of Animal Recycling (ISOAR), entre otros. Posteriormente se retomó la campaña con comerciales y folletería ubicada en sitios específicos.
+ Foto: Omar Góngora Guzmán
+ Foto: Omar Góngora Guzmán
ENGLISH
Donate your body to art consisted in a campaign where I presented people the option of their bodies going into the hands of an artist who works with dead bodies, and the use of their corpses for the execution of artworks, instead of a traditional burial or cremation . The first step of the action was a survey among the people of Merida, where they were asked their views on the campaign and showed them a catalog of work done with human bodies, including photos of the work of Teresa Margolles, Joel Peter Witkin, Gunther Von Hagen and The International Society of Animal Recycling (ISOAR), among others. Subsequently, the work took the shape of a publicity campaign with commercials and brochures located at specific sites.
Donate your body to art consisted in a campaign where I presented people the option of their bodies going into the hands of an artist who works with dead bodies, and the use of their corpses for the execution of artworks, instead of a traditional burial or cremation . The first step of the action was a survey among the people of Merida, where they were asked their views on the campaign and showed them a catalog of work done with human bodies, including photos of the work of Teresa Margolles, Joel Peter Witkin, Gunther Von Hagen and The International Society of Animal Recycling (ISOAR), among others. Subsequently, the work took the shape of a publicity campaign with commercials and brochures located at specific sites.