I attended this exhibition under the illusion that consent was gained and that none of the bodies used were torture victims or executed prisoners. Concerned that these bodies might have been obtained in such a way, I did a search on the exhibition and found one from the Irish Times who I trust for their impartiality.
"Dr Glover said: “We have practiced due diligence in obtaining the bodies. We work with a partner that we have the utmost amount of trust in – the Dalian Plastination Facility in Dalian, China.The person I work with it is a personal friend of mine. We have been in the same professional organisations for many years. He has sworn affidavits to the effect that the bodies were those who have died of natural causes. We have examined every one of the bodies who come into the show for any evidence of trauma or any kind of physical abuse."
I (bloody naively I now realise) trusted that a doctor would not perjure himself by falsely swearing in a legal document. However, since I have come home this evening and further researched the subject on the instructions of a friend who saw it on the news, I realise that Dr. Glover may not have the scruples he swears to have. After reading this link: <http://www.ireland.com/goingout/artstheatre/article_it_bodies/landing.ie?afs=false>, I have to question a man who, after being forced by New York's attorney general to place signs up there, stating that some of these bodies may be of unknown origins and forcing the exhibition to refund the money of those who had seen the show and weren't aware of the dubious origins of the bodies, there was not ONE sign to suggest the same at the Dublin exhibit today. At E20 a ticket, this strikes me as pure scam artistry- an opportunity to make money off the hides of some of the most abused people in the world. I feel physically sick.