{"id":104,"date":"2006-09-14T21:06:09","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/2006\/09\/14\/memento-vita-self-portrait-with-cortex-exposed-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-09-14T21:06:09","modified_gmt":"2006-09-14T20:06:09","slug":"memento-vita-self-portrait-with-cortex-exposed-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2006\/09\/14\/memento-vita-self-portrait-with-cortex-exposed-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Memento vita [self portrait with cortex exposed] (2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/painting\/brain_exposed_web.jpg\" alt=\"self portrait with cortex exposed\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<font size=-2>acrylic on canvas 510mm x 510mm<\/font><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve had the data from an experimental MRI scan of my head for a while, and this is the second piece of work inspired by it. I am fascinated by the extension to perception offered by technology, and am always astonished by the ability to &#8216;look inside&#8217; a body without dissecting it, even more so when it&#8217;s my own. I&#8217;ve obviously painted the outside of myself a number of times before, but this is the first time I&#8217;ve looked below the surface.<\/p>\n<p>\nPart of the motivation was in consideration of <a href=http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memento_mori>memento mori<\/a> as a theme. The idea of painting skulls and other symbols of death, to remind the viewer of their own mortality has been around forever, however here I get to consider the contents of my skull and all that it entails for the embodiment of the self, prior to death. 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