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Published: 2004-05-29 15:29:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 6234; Favourites: 140; Downloads: 1261
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Description After several years of hard work, Pr. Vergessen and his team succeeded to extract all the memories accumulated during the life of a patient, from his/her ocular spheres.
Give your eyes to science for helping to build the biggest memories database in the world.
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Comments: 140

centerOcyclone [2005-07-03 12:17:57 +0000 UTC]

too good.

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AlviNem [2005-01-20 17:03:53 +0000 UTC]

oh wow... thats powerful in its own way

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drahomira In reply to AlviNem [2005-01-20 17:07:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks !

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Luko [2004-12-16 19:49:13 +0000 UTC]

Cette pratique mémorielle n'est pas nouvelle ... Dans certaines tribus autochtones, depuis longtemps on prélevait les substances rétiniennes des défunts pour ensuite les injecter aux nouveaux nés . La cérémonie se tenait deux fois l'an, au levée du jour, à l'équinoxe du printemps et d'automne. La substance était inoculée à l'aide d'épines de porc épic. Parfois, aussi, on injectait des substances rétiniennes prélevées à l'intérieur des yeux de certains animaux. Le choix de l'animal se faisait en fonction du totem qui allait être attribué à l'individu et l'aidait à comprendre spontanément certains éléments de la nature. Il est à peu près certain que Pr. Vergessen s'est inspiré de ces pratiques ancestrales mais qu'il cache bien les sources de sa pratique, voulant sûrement en secret bénéficier de l'honneur de sa prétendue découverte.

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sliveress [2004-12-16 05:10:44 +0000 UTC]

i like how it's reduced to the essentials, lots of space, planes of color, etc. really great

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blindgorgon [2004-12-13 21:11:21 +0000 UTC]

i think i would die if i saw that hanging in my hospital

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ditraveler [2004-12-13 19:15:44 +0000 UTC]

there's something in your eye...let me take it off. AHHHHHHHH!!!



only in your head cher Drahomira!
Salut!, par une imagination tellement picturale!

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soopahvi [2004-12-12 05:53:05 +0000 UTC]

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind?

i like this a lot... very simple yet effective

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SellMyClothes [2004-12-11 21:18:02 +0000 UTC]

out of your recently submitted i think i like this one the best.
the composition is so unique and has an almost haunting feel to it

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drahomira In reply to SellMyClothes [2004-12-12 12:39:06 +0000 UTC]

thanks!
but all these pics are not recent, i just made them available for prints and they popped up again in the devwatches

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missmisery [2004-12-11 20:47:21 +0000 UTC]

Seeing as I cannot describe your work due to it's surreality and peculiarity that I love so much,
I will simply say that I love the negative space, and after reading your description the piece actually makes quite clear sense to me.

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killagirlie [2004-12-11 13:36:30 +0000 UTC]

a great work with a great concept

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ohitsmejulia [2004-12-11 02:02:05 +0000 UTC]

i love your work, it's amazingly original, thoughtful, funny, sad and cool.
i especially like this piece, i can relate to feeling as if i would feel so much better if someone would just take all my memories from me. If i hadn't read the description my original interpretation would be wanting to be rid of memories of the hospital, which, yeah i can relate to as well.
anyway, dynamic and lovely.

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drahomira In reply to ohitsmejulia [2004-12-12 12:46:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks for all the compliments

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jussiblack [2004-12-10 06:27:26 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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ArtIsPain [2004-12-10 05:09:48 +0000 UTC]

wow...

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candyrazorblades [2004-12-10 04:38:33 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous. Is any of your inspiration drawn from the Dadaist artist Raoul Hausmann?

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drahomira In reply to candyrazorblades [2004-12-12 12:51:25 +0000 UTC]

not from this particular man, who i don't know but certainly from dadaism in general

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candyrazorblades In reply to drahomira [2004-12-12 18:33:09 +0000 UTC]

Have you yet visited the new MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York?

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drahomira In reply to candyrazorblades [2004-12-14 19:21:46 +0000 UTC]

no. i live in Paris.

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candyrazorblades In reply to drahomira [2004-12-14 19:49:49 +0000 UTC]

I don't live there either, but I visited it recently. Apparently it's a huge tourist attraction. It's an amazing place.

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candyrazorblades [2004-12-10 03:47:38 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous. Is any of your inspiration drawn from the Dadaist artist Raoul Hausmann?

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xEnderx [2004-12-07 23:41:43 +0000 UTC]

that's stunning.

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mariusbudu [2004-06-25 18:30:54 +0000 UTC]

Extract that which makes us alive...

Compile in a database of joy pain and the results of intuitive reaction

And feed it into... ___________________________?


So that it may react to the great consciouseness...

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in fear?

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or joy?
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a database of all mistakes...


To document the human condition.









.: M :.

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radiohat [2004-06-15 22:13:56 +0000 UTC]

impressive.
the message is clear and hidden at once.
at some point all seems fitting and in line and then, everythings blurs into subtlety



oh, i probably have to mention that it's technically great...
love it

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drahomira In reply to radiohat [2004-06-16 21:17:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much : )

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kristiabot [2004-06-11 16:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. I love the matching storyline. Lovely. This is great.

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drahomira In reply to kristiabot [2004-06-15 19:20:50 +0000 UTC]

thanks : )

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psychodoughbee [2004-06-10 19:27:18 +0000 UTC]

She has red wine floating next to her right ear. That's why they succeeded.
Besides, her lap is candid and way too warm to be avoided.

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mitortilla [2004-06-09 18:48:23 +0000 UTC]

i promise ill never miss another of your works

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edit-dsn [2004-06-08 14:44:14 +0000 UTC]

very weird.

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blackruby [2004-06-08 03:42:43 +0000 UTC]

Lovely work

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theopera [2004-06-04 08:14:23 +0000 UTC]

the description is.... simply perfect.

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banzine [2004-06-02 14:05:29 +0000 UTC]

this reminds me Flash Gordon when aliens try to extract memories from Doctor idontrememberhisname :>

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drahomira In reply to banzine [2004-06-03 22:32:06 +0000 UTC]

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bliitz [2004-06-01 20:14:38 +0000 UTC]

great, as always love the whole concept, especially the scissor, the filthy, poop-looking things is also very nice

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drahomira In reply to bliitz [2004-06-01 20:48:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot !

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For-W-Art [2004-06-01 19:39:41 +0000 UTC]

wow that's a great idea reminds me of what i had to do at the start of this schoolyear and where we talked all bout achives, blogs, scrapbooks, blade runner, la jetée and other stuff. There seems to be a (ex?) Microsoft guy that wants to program a software that should be able to store all of your memories digitally. So basicly I'm a big fan of the concept and how you worked it all out. Great job man.

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drahomira In reply to For-W-Art [2004-06-01 20:47:55 +0000 UTC]

i'm very curious to learn more about this software : )
thnks, i'm glad you liked

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For-W-Art In reply to drahomira [2004-06-01 22:09:16 +0000 UTC]

[link] Well then here you go. It's only a small articles bout the software but it might be a good start to find out more. Cheers

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B-positive [2004-06-01 06:56:41 +0000 UTC]

I really like this piece, and love the desctiptions below. Although I feel strange just pressing the +fav button. I believe it worths a lot more than just a fav

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drahomira In reply to B-positive [2004-06-01 20:45:40 +0000 UTC]

that's already very kind : )

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ADakin [2004-06-01 00:40:16 +0000 UTC]



Like the colours in this one.
Good work.

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drahomira In reply to ADakin [2004-06-01 20:43:54 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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wasabi-dcv [2004-05-31 11:34:56 +0000 UTC]

yeap, your works are always good, not only aesthetical, but what they communicates.

i like the scissors cutting off the kid's eyes, kind of some squizo thing, reminds me kubrick's film 'clockwork orange'.

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drahomira In reply to wasabi-dcv [2004-05-31 12:56:43 +0000 UTC]

not the worst reference : ) thanks a lot

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undesign [2004-05-31 07:45:12 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing.....true graphic design skills here.

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drahomira In reply to undesign [2004-05-31 12:56:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks very much

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Reily [2004-05-31 06:49:20 +0000 UTC]

Excuse the following tangents...

For one, I really envy and enjoy your style, that is including all the DA works and the film work on your site (which is amazing...the film work that is). I say this because for such a "fan" I feel I don't express as often as I should in return to what you show.

On this work in particular--as usual, the manipulation and everything are awesome, flawless, and show mastery. I believe that in one way, when this point is reached that the message then becomes a big selling point of a work to the viewer's ocular speheres ( ). I must say that after inspecting the work without the aide of the description, I was befuddled by what it was to convey from just the image and the title. Post-description, the meaning obviously became clear.

Because of this I feel the image could use some kind of work, but am more puzzled on a personal level as to why the conclusion wasn't drawn without the description. I mean, I wonder to myself if I "should've gotten it" or if it was alright for one to "slip by". Further, because of all this I suppose it becomes more of an introspective work, and even further, it all eventually gets to the question of "what is art..?"

Overall, I like the image visually, and the story that comes coupled with it (I still say you should make a book with all these desctiptions etc.) Well done, and I apologize for the confusion above this...very...well...odd.

Thanks.

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drahomira In reply to Reily [2004-05-31 13:10:16 +0000 UTC]

first thanks a lot for taking time to wriet such a long comment! it's always really interesting to see how you guys can receive my work. About the meaning/description issue, i think it's normal that you don't find an "conclusion" in the picture alone. i always tend to avoid giving too much meaning in a picture, because i don't like, as a viewer, to be lead in a way, to be "told" what i have to think. the little stories i write in my descriptions are almost always invented after the image is done. so they are like potential interpretations of what the image conveys. they're not censed to be "THE explanation". i don't think that an artwork always need a concrete meaning or message. i think i'm more into "materializing" abstract feelings that float somewhere in my mind and try to build some kind of coherence around them.
i don't know if was really clear, but i hope so
oh, and about the movies, they were not made by me, but by the other co-founder of Institut Drahomira.
thanks again for your interest!

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