An alert reader, Travis, tipped us off to the fact that the city of Seattle has banned exhibits—like the Bodies display currently at the Rialto building—unless the exhibitor can prove it has the consent of the deceased or the families of the deceased.
According to The Seattle Times:
Seattle residents — from anatomy professors to museum directors — have voiced concern over the ethics of such exhibits, specifically because Premier Exhibitions, which sponsors the “Bodies” exhibit, says it can’t verify where the bodies are from or that the deceased on exhibit consented to such display.
Read the full article here.
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2010.
Yes, I wondered about the source of these BODIES myself back on July 5:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2010/07…
We brought it up ourselves a few months before that.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archi…
Bodies was presented at the SAM last fall in Seattle. I unfortunately missed it. It’s a must-go.
If you want a fascinating read, go look up the Burke and Hare murders. They were body sellers.
A comedy movie is coming up about them soon — I think from the guys who made Shaun of the Dead.