ACMI & Nowness present
De humani corporis fabrica
The Fabric of the Human Body
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Sat 16 Dec - Sat 23 Dec 2023
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The abject horrors and hidden beauty of the human body are revealed through a series of confronting surgical procedures.
Much of the film immerses us in an unknowable, unrecognisable world under the skin
Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica opens the human body to the cinema. It reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others. As places of care, suffering and hope, hospitals are laboratories that connect every body in the world.
Curator's Note
Using medical-grade image capture equipment alongside more traditional video cameras, directors Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel take us on an edge-of-your-seat journey of the human body. For the more squeamish amongst us, De humani corporis fabrica plays out like a visceral horror film, but when the horror subsides, and it barely does, the film reveals its unique beauty and a profound musing on life, death, and our own vulnerabilities.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica premiered in Director's Fortnight at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
Screening before the feature
His Sweat
Dir. Matt Lambert, 2016, Germany, 4 mins.
Berlin-based filmmaker Matt Lambert zooms in on the minutiae of the human body framing sweat through a fetishistic and fun lens.
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