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placing of QR Code with monument
on 15thMarch 2024 in collaboration with BIOMAB and Theo Dirix we visited zakynthos and placed a QR code with the monument which links here
Andreas Vesalius the search for the grave continues 2009-2018-...
With the help of our Crowdfunding campaign www.gofundme.com/VesaliusContinuum
14/02/2018: "In Search of Andreas Vesalius
The Quest for His Grave, Lost and Not Yet Found"
Order here: www.shopmybooks.com/BE/nl/book/theo-dirix-32/in-search-of-andreas-vesalius
Quote about the cover illustration, miniature no. 7 from a travelogue by the Venetian Carlo Maggi, published in 1578, and very similar to miniature no. 8 which already served as cover of the prequel, The Quest for the Lost Grave":
"It is not clear, though, in which drawing the ship sails and in which it docks. The author notes, however, that the skies have turned darker in 7. Neither is it clear whether the predominant colour, the seventh in any rainbow, will turn red or blue, as in a litmus test."
From Karger Publishers Website
Adreas Vesalius did not travel to the Holy Land under pressure of the Inquisition, neither as penance nor escape: he went there as a devout pilgrim with the support of his employer. Upon his return, he did not die on a deserted beach in the Ionian Sea, the only victim of a shipwreck. Weakened by his stay and by his unfortunate return journey, he died in Zakynthos where he was buried in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church.
Biomedical artist Pascale Pollier has long been searching for the bones of Andreas Vesalius. She was determined to make a facial reconstruction of her scientific and artistic muse. In 2011 she resonated with Theo Dirix, Consul at the Embassy of Belgium in Athens.
What began as a poetic quest for the lost grave of the father of human anatomy, has evolved into a well documented fresh appraisal of some of the mysteries in the last months of the life of Andreas Vesalius, exactly 450 years after his death, 500 years after his birth. In their exciting search, Pascale and Theo have been advised and supported by the éminences grises of Vesalius Research: Omer Steeno, Maurice Biesbrouck and Theodoor Goddeeris, who found and rediscovered historical sources that erode many fairy tales about Vesalius’s biography. Sylviane Déderix developed a Geographical Information System pinpointing the exact location of Santa Maria delle Grazie Church.
Theo Dirix has held the office of Consul in Embassies of Belgium in (successively) Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and, since 2011, Greece. Before 1989, he worked for the Flemish Radio 3 and commented on (mainly Moroccan) literature. He has never stopped writing travel stories (mainly about graves).
In Search of Andreas Vesalius: The Quest for the Lost Grave
160 pages in English
http://www.lannoo.be/search-andreas-vesalius
Adreas Vesalius did not travel to the Holy Land under pressure of the Inquisition, neither as penance nor escape: he went there as a devout pilgrim with the support of his employer. Upon his return, he did not die on a deserted beach in the Ionian Sea, the only victim of a shipwreck. Weakened by his stay and by his unfortunate return journey, he died in Zakynthos where he was buried in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church.
Biomedical artist Pascale Pollier has long been searching for the bones of Andreas Vesalius. She was determined to make a facial reconstruction of her scientific and artistic muse. In 2011 she resonated with Theo Dirix, Consul at the Embassy of Belgium in Athens.
What began as a poetic quest for the lost grave of the father of human anatomy, has evolved into a well documented fresh appraisal of some of the mysteries in the last months of the life of Andreas Vesalius, exactly 450 years after his death, 500 years after his birth. In their exciting search, Pascale and Theo have been advised and supported by the éminences grises of Vesalius Research: Omer Steeno, Maurice Biesbrouck and Theodoor Goddeeris, who found and rediscovered historical sources that erode many fairy tales about Vesalius’s biography. Sylviane Déderix developed a Geographical Information System pinpointing the exact location of Santa Maria delle Grazie Church.
Theo Dirix has held the office of Consul in Embassies of Belgium in (successively) Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and, since 2011, Greece. Before 1989, he worked for the Flemish Radio 3 and commented on (mainly Moroccan) literature. He has never stopped writing travel stories (mainly about graves).
In Search of Andreas Vesalius: The Quest for the Lost Grave
160 pages in English
http://www.lannoo.be/search-andreas-vesalius
Facial reconstruction portrait of Vesalius by Pascale Pollier and Richard Neave, photo courtesy St. George’s University/Joshua Yetman, Grenada
film Fabrica Vitae in collaboration with Andere Wereld Films
2014-2016 TOURING EXHIBITION FABRICA VITAE
traveling Fabrica Vitae exhibition
curated by
Pascale Pollier
Eleanor Crook
Chantal Pollier
curated by
Pascale Pollier
Eleanor Crook
Chantal Pollier
Vesalius Continuum conference
4-8 Sept 2014
ZAKYNTHOS, Greece
Organised by
Pascale Pollier- Medical Artist
Theo Dirix - consul of The Belgian Embassy in Athens
Mark Gardiner - paediatrician, Anatomical society Oxford UK
Ann Van de Velde- Haematologist University Antwerp, Belgium
New monument commemorating 500th birthday of Andreas Vesalius
Pascale Pollier in collaboration with Forensic artist Richard Neave
ZAKYNTHOS, Greece
Organised by
Pascale Pollier- Medical Artist
Theo Dirix - consul of The Belgian Embassy in Athens
Mark Gardiner - paediatrician, Anatomical society Oxford UK
Ann Van de Velde- Haematologist University Antwerp, Belgium
New monument commemorating 500th birthday of Andreas Vesalius
Pascale Pollier in collaboration with Forensic artist Richard Neave
The Quest for the lost grave of Andreas Vesalius
facial reconstruction portrait of Andreas Vesalius in collaboration with Richard Neave
article in book , the art of Vesalius
Karger interview
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The Language of mixed media sculpture
Article in Nature Magazine
The brain in a nutshell
Martin Kemp explains the resonances of Pascale Pollier’s
autopsy-inspired sculpture.
article in Nature magazine 10/02/2011 vol 470 p 173
by Martin Kemp emeritus professor of the
history of art at the University of Oxford, UK
http://www.unm.edu/~mdlane/index_files/researchPDFs/nature-review.pdf
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7333/full/470173a.html
Picturing Science exhibition 4 Dec 2010 - 26 Feb 2011
Martin Kemp explains the resonances of Pascale Pollier’s
autopsy-inspired sculpture.
article in Nature magazine 10/02/2011 vol 470 p 173
by Martin Kemp emeritus professor of the
history of art at the University of Oxford, UK
http://www.unm.edu/~mdlane/index_files/researchPDFs/nature-review.pdf
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7333/full/470173a.html
Picturing Science exhibition 4 Dec 2010 - 26 Feb 2011
Oct 2007 organizer of the AEIMS conference ;CONFRONTING MORTALITY WITH ART AND SCIENCE
Photo by George Schmermund
Dr. Shawn's Science Fair Projects
"memento homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem revertis"
(remember man, that dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return)
Dr. Shawn's Science Fair Projects
"memento homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem revertis"
(remember man, that dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return)
FILM : IS THE BRAIN THE MOST SEXY PART OF THE BODY? WITH PROFESSOR EDWARD O WILSON AND ARTIST JAN FABRE
2007 | film (HDV), 15"
met: Edward O. Wilson & Jan Fabre
componist: Charo Calvo
locatie: Harvard University, Boston U.S.A
camera, geluid & montage: Sofie Hanegreefs, Gosie Vervloessem
productie: Pascale Pollier, Ann Van de Velde, Chantal Pollier, Björn Geldhof
geproduceerd door: Angelos bvba (Antwerpen), Jan Fabre, Pascale Pollier-Green, Ann Van de Velde, Chantal Pollier
met: Edward O. Wilson & Jan Fabre
componist: Charo Calvo
locatie: Harvard University, Boston U.S.A
camera, geluid & montage: Sofie Hanegreefs, Gosie Vervloessem
productie: Pascale Pollier, Ann Van de Velde, Chantal Pollier, Björn Geldhof
geproduceerd door: Angelos bvba (Antwerpen), Jan Fabre, Pascale Pollier-Green, Ann Van de Velde, Chantal Pollier
FILM: ART: SCIENCE = SCIENCE X ART
co-author of the Book "CONFRONTING MORTALITY WITH ART AND SCIENCE" SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC IMPRESSIONS ON WHAT THE CERTAINTY OF DEATH SAYS ABOUT LIFE (ISBN: 9789054874430).
VIVIENNE BAILLIE GERRITSEN, SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS, GENÈVE, SWITZERLAND WROTE THIS (23.09.09):
"I HAVE HAD A GOOD LOOK THROUGH 'CONFRONTING MORTALITY WITH ART AND SCIENCE'.
I FIND THE BOOK ATTRACTIVE BOTH BECAUSE OF ITS FORMAT AND THE SOBER AND ELEGANT GRAPHIC DESIGN ON THE COVER (AS WELL AS INSIDE BY THE WAY). IT'S JUST A LITTLE SMELLY...BUT THAT'S QUITE BESIDE THE POINT! BESIDES THAT, IT IS VERY AGREEABLE TO FLIP THROUGH. YOU FIND YOUR WAY FROM CHAPTER TO CHAPTER VERY EASILY, AND THE INTERIOR DESIGN KEEPS IT ALL VERY LIVELY.
I HAVE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE TO SCIENCE TRANSLATED INTO ANY ARTISTIC FORM FOR MANY YEARS NOW, SO I WAS VERY INTRIGUED TO DISCOVER THIS BOOK. THE EXHIBITION MUST HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTING AND I AM SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. ESPECIALLY AS EVERYTHING WAS CENTERED AROUND THE HUMAN BODY/EMOTIONS - SOMETHING I AM PARTICULARLY FOND OF. ONE THING I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED A LITTLE MORE PERHAPS: THE WORLD OF WORDS.
ALTHOUGH THE EXHIBITION DOES HAVE A FEW POEMS, WHAT ABOUT A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE THE NEXT TIME?
I WAS PARTICULARLY TAKEN BY THE VARIOUS ARTISTS' WORK - LESS BY WORK WHICH CAN BE QUALIFIED AS 'ARTISTIC' SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS AN AESTHETIC RENDERING OF SOMETHING SCIENTIFIC. I ENJOYED VERY MUCH WHAT BART KOUBAA HAD TO SAY. I THINK PASCALE POLLIER-GREEN'S 'AUTOPSY IN A NUTSHELL' IS FUNNY, CLEVER AND VERY BEAUTIFUL - AND I ENJOYED READING ABOUT HER AT THE END OF THE BOOK. LAURIE HASSOLD'S WORK IS QUITE AMAZING AND ORIGINAL. AND CAITLIN BERRIGAN'S TRUFFLES WITTY AND FULL OF FUN. AND OF COURSE, MARA HASELTINE'S SCULPTURES ARE SINGULAR TOO.
AS YOU SEE - ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY SUBJECTIVE - I WAS MORE TAKEN BY PART II OF THE BOOK. PART I WAS, FOR ME, VERY INTERESTING THOUGH FREQUENTLY VERY ACADEMIC. AND PERHAPS, THIS IS MY MAIN CRITICISM: ALTHOUGH WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK COULD BE HUGELY POPULAR - IN THE REAL SENSE OF THE WORD - I FIND THAT THE WORLD OF SCIENCE AND ART ARE PLAYING PING-PONG WITH EACH OTHER, INSTEAD OF STRETCHING THEIR ARMS OUT TO THE LAYMAN. YET THERE IS NO BETTER WAY THAN ART TO DO IT. THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT FOR MANY YEARS - POPULARISING SCIENCE. THE OUTSIDE WORLD NEEDS IT, BESIDES LOVING IT. BUT IT ALSO NEEDS A LANGUAGE IT CAN UNDERSTAND."
"I HAVE HAD A GOOD LOOK THROUGH 'CONFRONTING MORTALITY WITH ART AND SCIENCE'.
I FIND THE BOOK ATTRACTIVE BOTH BECAUSE OF ITS FORMAT AND THE SOBER AND ELEGANT GRAPHIC DESIGN ON THE COVER (AS WELL AS INSIDE BY THE WAY). IT'S JUST A LITTLE SMELLY...BUT THAT'S QUITE BESIDE THE POINT! BESIDES THAT, IT IS VERY AGREEABLE TO FLIP THROUGH. YOU FIND YOUR WAY FROM CHAPTER TO CHAPTER VERY EASILY, AND THE INTERIOR DESIGN KEEPS IT ALL VERY LIVELY.
I HAVE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE TO SCIENCE TRANSLATED INTO ANY ARTISTIC FORM FOR MANY YEARS NOW, SO I WAS VERY INTRIGUED TO DISCOVER THIS BOOK. THE EXHIBITION MUST HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTING AND I AM SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. ESPECIALLY AS EVERYTHING WAS CENTERED AROUND THE HUMAN BODY/EMOTIONS - SOMETHING I AM PARTICULARLY FOND OF. ONE THING I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED A LITTLE MORE PERHAPS: THE WORLD OF WORDS.
ALTHOUGH THE EXHIBITION DOES HAVE A FEW POEMS, WHAT ABOUT A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE THE NEXT TIME?
I WAS PARTICULARLY TAKEN BY THE VARIOUS ARTISTS' WORK - LESS BY WORK WHICH CAN BE QUALIFIED AS 'ARTISTIC' SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS AN AESTHETIC RENDERING OF SOMETHING SCIENTIFIC. I ENJOYED VERY MUCH WHAT BART KOUBAA HAD TO SAY. I THINK PASCALE POLLIER-GREEN'S 'AUTOPSY IN A NUTSHELL' IS FUNNY, CLEVER AND VERY BEAUTIFUL - AND I ENJOYED READING ABOUT HER AT THE END OF THE BOOK. LAURIE HASSOLD'S WORK IS QUITE AMAZING AND ORIGINAL. AND CAITLIN BERRIGAN'S TRUFFLES WITTY AND FULL OF FUN. AND OF COURSE, MARA HASELTINE'S SCULPTURES ARE SINGULAR TOO.
AS YOU SEE - ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY SUBJECTIVE - I WAS MORE TAKEN BY PART II OF THE BOOK. PART I WAS, FOR ME, VERY INTERESTING THOUGH FREQUENTLY VERY ACADEMIC. AND PERHAPS, THIS IS MY MAIN CRITICISM: ALTHOUGH WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK COULD BE HUGELY POPULAR - IN THE REAL SENSE OF THE WORD - I FIND THAT THE WORLD OF SCIENCE AND ART ARE PLAYING PING-PONG WITH EACH OTHER, INSTEAD OF STRETCHING THEIR ARMS OUT TO THE LAYMAN. YET THERE IS NO BETTER WAY THAN ART TO DO IT. THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT FOR MANY YEARS - POPULARISING SCIENCE. THE OUTSIDE WORLD NEEDS IT, BESIDES LOVING IT. BUT IT ALSO NEEDS A LANGUAGE IT CAN UNDERSTAND."
ART RESEARCHES SCIENCE ARTISTIEK ONDERZOEK IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN (ARS)BIOMAB
film: Art Researches Science
LINKS
Vesalius continuum
ARTEM-MEDICALIS
MedinArt
The Medical Artist Association of Great Britain (MAA)
Association Europeenes des Illustrateurs Medicaux et Scientifiques
Richard Neave
Artist in the world; DREDD Andre Smiths
Ann Van de Velde
Joanna Ebenstein
Anatomical Theatre
Mara haseltine
Eleanor crook
Pascale Pollier's Facebook
BIOMAB Biological and medical art Belgium
Art Researches Science
Chantal Pollier
Vesalius continuum
ARTEM-MEDICALIS
MedinArt
The Medical Artist Association of Great Britain (MAA)
Association Europeenes des Illustrateurs Medicaux et Scientifiques
Richard Neave
Artist in the world; DREDD Andre Smiths
Ann Van de Velde
Joanna Ebenstein
Anatomical Theatre
Mara haseltine
Eleanor crook
Pascale Pollier's Facebook
BIOMAB Biological and medical art Belgium
Art Researches Science
Chantal Pollier
“ the day of the lipids” see short film , Sandra de Clerck and Deborah Czeresko made me a glass blown stomach after my wax model
