The exhibition is extremely interesting, breaking the whole process from crime scene to court. It features real life case studies, gruesome fragments of body parts and organs, artists works that are influenced by forensics and a range of materials from medieval manuscripts to video presentations. It is an engaging exhibition that is definitely work taking the time to explore and read every bit of detail. The first room, The Crime Scene, was particularly interesting with an area focused on Jack he Ripper, another on crime photography and various other things, including a vial of gross blowfly maggots from a corpse. The grossness continued into the next room, the Morgue, in which the interesting French history of the morgue was laid out and fragments of dissected and injured organs sat in cases. I even stood through the video of the mortician talking about her role which was mega interesting.
As well as the actual knowledge that was abundant in the exhibition, I really enjoyed the art aspect that they bought into it. In particular there was a work by artist Angela Strasheim in which she photographed haunting blood splatters on the walls of homes where murders or crime have happened. The effect is created by the use of 'Blue Star' solution that is applied to the areas to recall blood when it reacts with the DNA proteins. Despite deep cleaning and redecorating and many people living in the homes having no idea, the Blue Star produces eerily real splatters where once was blood.
Other artists like Weegee stood out to me, as he would tune into police frequencies so that he would always be the first to photograph the scenes. His name is a play on the word 'ouiji'.
It is an exhibition that I definitely want to go back to with someone, as it was so informative and it would be great to take in the information more.
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