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Brussels, Sep 18 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Confusion, shame, strangeness and, sometimes, even fear is what brings together the more than 40 works in the exhibition "Ceci n'est pas un corps "('This is not a body'), which brings together the great masters of hyperrealist culture in one of the capitals of surrealism, Brussels.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.SOUNDBITES OF EMILIE DEROM, COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR OF THE EXHIBITION.Translation:"Hyper-realistic artists turn their backs on abstraction. They try to get a very detailed representation of nature and, therefore, of the human body.As you can see behind me, some sculptures give the feeling that they are real people. The visitor is very confused. Am I dealing with a real body or a fake body? All the details are there. The contours, the textures, the hair and the nails, it is very disturbing." "Hyper-realistic artists still want to convey a message. So all these sculptures carry a certain message." "In 2008 he found himself in a difficult situation, which is why he finally represents the loss of control he had over his own body. Situations without perspectives and that is the interesting thing about hyperrealist artists, there is a message behind it."
Newser reports the charges against disgraced Hollywood mogul and sex offender Harvey Weinstein continue to pile up. Los Angeles Country prosecutors say Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women. The district attorney's office says the charges include three counts of rape and three counts of forcible oral copulation involving the two women. Tallied up, Weinstein is now charged with 11 felony counts in Los Angeles County, involving five women. The 68-year-old is serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York on convictions for rape and sexual assault against two women.
Brussels (Belgium), 5 July (EFE), (Camera: Leo Rodríguez).- Reuse is a key practice in caring for the environment, but also for the economy, as Sébastien Morvan, co-founder of a brewery that has created a spirit drink from the reuse of beer wasted during the coronavirus pandemic, knows well. FOOTAGE OF THE DISTILLERY AND STATEMENTS FROM SÉBASTIEN MORVAN, CO-FOUNDER OF THE BRUSSELS BEER PROJECT.
Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company's corporate venturing and open innovation business, announced it is investing in Perceptive Automata to develop artificial intelligence software for self-driving cars and automated systems. Perceptive Automata, a startup based in Somerville, Mass. with an office in Silicon Valley, has developed software that gives autonomous vehicles the ability to understand the state-of-mind of people, including pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists. The predictive technology enables automated vehicles to make rapid judgments about the intentions and awareness of people on the street. This gives machines unprecedented human-like intuition.
Aaron Traywick, a biohacker and CEO of Ascendance Biomedical, took to the stage at biohacking event BDYHAX to inject himself with a herpes vaccine developed by his company in front of a live audience in Austin, Texas on Monday. Traywick acted as a volunteer for the new vaccine, as he himself has herpes. Ascendance Biomedical seek to find willing participants to test experimental treatments that have not gone through the normal route of rigorous clinical trials.
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