1: Under The Hood

Cabinet of Curiosities

Eltons Kūns

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Eltons Kūns, Cabinet of Curiosities (Cryptopathologies #1–6)

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By creating animation showcasing a number of non-existent pathologies that reference early medical imaging techniques and the underpinning processes of 3D rendering, the latter of which are conceptually based in photography, the author explores distance and factuality in the field of medical imagery, both figuratively and literally, and the inherent objectification that follows. Through the involuntary mediation by the screen, images are flattened, removed from context and often perceived purely aesthetically. The resulting footage is a fictional set of tumors, abscesses and cellular mutations that embrace the nature of the medium and exist purely for the sake of being displayed.



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The Bellevue Venus, Oscar G. Mason (taken before 1880)

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Breast cancer cell captured via an electron microscope, National Cancer Institute, 1980

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CT scan of a metastasis-suspected space-occupying brain tumor in the left temporo-parietal, 2009

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Frame from what is considered to be the first 3D animation, created by Ed Catmull and his team, 1972

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Frame from what is considered to be the first 3D animation, created by Ed Catmull and his team, 1972

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Frame from what is considered to be the first 3D animation, created by Ed Catmull and his team, 1972

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Frame from what is considered to be the first 3D animation, created by Ed Catmull and his team, 1972

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Frame from what is considered to be the first 3D animation, created by Ed Catmull and his team, 1972

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RTRU Season 1: UNDER THE HOOD, January 2023