LYCANTHROPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS I – Artistic Research on the Edge. Poetical Investigations on the Margins of Medicine and Mythology

Barbara Macek

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In this exposition on the peripheries of medicine and art I will enrole the concept of my project "Lycanthropus erythematosus" and the applied strategies of artistic research. The essence of the work is the proposal of a new thesis concerning the understanding of autoimmune diseases, especially of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE, lupus). SLE is a rare autoimmune disease characterised by acute and chronic inflammation of various tissues of the body. Its cause and pathogenesis are still unknown. The work aims at providing new knowledge in regard to these open questions. Its thesis is exposed in different formats resulting from different strategies of artistic research. It proposes to understand autoimmunity as the expression of transformative processes that cause various physical and mental effects in the afflicted organism. This ongoing metamorphosis is driven by a plan: it is about the emerging of a new being – the Lycanthropus erythematosus.

type	research exposition
keywords	Autoimmunity, Mythology, Medicine, Artistic Research, Poetry, Anthropology, Philosophy, Transformation, Biology, Animation
date	27/02/2019
published	31/12/2019
last modified	31/12/2019
status	published
affiliation	University of Applied Arts Vienna
license	All rights reserved
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/607127/607337
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.607127
published in	RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
portal issue	12. Peripheries

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