the bodies came from the chinese government for the bodies exhibit.
the bodies came from the chinese government for the bodies exhibit.
where did the bodies come from for the bodies exhibit?
from the chinese government
the exhibit is set up so that one starts at the skeletal system, and more layers (muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive systems; as well as fetal development and the treated body) are added in successive rooms. containing about twenty bodies in total, each exhibition uses real human bodies that have been preserved permanently by a process called "polymer preservation" (commonly referred to as "plastination") so that they will not decay. this exhibition is organized by the publicly traded corporation, premier exhibitions incorporated, which also staged bodies revealed first in seoul, south korea and more recently in the us. the company received the cadavers for research from the chinese government, who donated them because all the bodies at the time of death had no close next of kin or immediate families to claim the bodies. the dissections took place at the dalian university in liaoning, china and the resulting specimens were leased to premier exhibitions for the five-year duration of the show.
bodies: the exhibition
wambach posed nude in the body issue of "espn the magazine" in 2012. of the experience, she said, "bodies come in all different shapes. bodies come in all different sizes. my body is very different than most other females. [...] i want to show people that no matter who you are, no matter what shape you are, that's still beautiful."
abby wambach