Lycanthropus erythematosus

  • Artistic Research on the Margins of Medicine and Mythology
Article in Journal With Citation Index (Peer Reviewed)

Editor

Ruukku Journal / Studies in Artistic Research

Date

31 December 2019

Keywords

Mythology, Autoimmunity, Medicine, Assemblage, Concrete Poetry, Interventionist Art, Literature, Conceptual, Artistic Research

Text

In this exposition on the peripheries of medicine and art I will enrole the concept of my project "Lycanthropus erythematosus" and the applied strategies of artistic research. The essence of the work is the proposal of a new thesis concerning the understanding of autoimmune diseases, especially of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE, lupus). SLE is a rare autoimmune disease characterised by acute and chronic inflammation of various tissues of the body. Its cause and pathogenesis are still unknown. The work aims at providing new knowledge in regard to these open questions. Its thesis is exposed in different formats resulting from different strategies of artistic research. It proposes to understand autoimmunity as the expression of transformative processes that cause various physical and mental effects in the afflicted organism. This ongoing metamorphosis is driven by a plan: it is about the emerging of a new being – the Lycanthropus erythematosus.

Volume/Issue, Pages

12

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Published By: Barbara Macek | Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien | Publication Date: 27 June 2024, 13:48 | Edit Date: 27 June 2024, 13:50