Artist Statement [Remark: this is the literal text as printed in the ISEA2004 Catalogue]
CRITICAL INTERDISCIPLINES
respirer
edical drama, the stethoscope is omnipresent, a part of the uniform.
Traditionally, medical students are presented with their first good e
presence of the stethoscope is similar in function for both doctor l cord, the stethoscope operates as a symbolic lifeline connecting th
rupting the circuit of diagnosis and clinical response.
he physician from the contagious and verminous patients of the pauper ad adoption of ‘Le Cylendre’, as Laennec first called it, by younger
the other. Immediately, on this suggestion, I rolled a quire of pape and the other to my ear, and was not a little surprised and pleased, pplication of the ear. From this moment I imagined that the circumsta
notice the particular positions of the patient, and also of the phys t,- that namely, which contains the stopper or plug,- ought to be sl
slightly concave to insure its greater stability in application; an
ion of the respiratory apparatus is an encrypted imprint of interior affects on the body and operates as a cultural, environmental and gen etic assemblage that articulates itself through sound.
y of the stethoscope declined as inventions like the x-ray and the ra
gave much more accurate pictures of structural abnormalities in the l
respirer illuminates a familiar technological process and dialogue through
intimate interaction.
- Julian Weaver (UK) has worked on new media and creative arts projects since 1994. He has previously exhibited collaborative works at numerous significant festivals. In addition to arts-based output, he has worked freelance as a multimedia specialist in the new media and interactive TV industries since 1996, and produced a wide range of public sector projects across the gamut at new media formats.
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