The project, and the texts by authors Aina Villanger, Hanne Ørstavik explores the anatomical theatre as a site of investigation of the self, whereas in other essays the enduring human interest in the body and mind relation are discussed - such as in Martijn van Beek “All in the Brain? Contemplative Life and the Anatomical Theatre of the Mind” and in Tom Slevin ‘Mind-Body Technology: ‘Nosce te Ipsum’ and a Theory of Prosthetic ‘Trialism’. 

As part of the Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2013 a full scale model of the anatomical theatre built in 1662–63 for Uppsala University, was erected. The anatomical theatre anno 2013 was present and available to the public in the Vigeland Park in Oslo for three months. The installation referred to the enduring human interest in the body and mind relation and the artwork was operative as a place of research and contemplation through an associated programme exploring these questions in theory and practice. 

Texts by: Martijn van Beek, Jens Erland Braarvig, Liv Kristin Holmberg, Bruno Laeng, Lars J. Langøien, Tom Slevin, Espen Stueland, Aina Villanger, Hanne Ørstavik
Interview of Petrine Vinje with Helga Marie Nordby

Published by Uten Tittel Forlag AS, 2018
Design by: Sandra Kastl
Print: Druckhaus Köthen
Pages: 135
Format: 165x225mm
ISBN: 978-82-93502-20-3