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Vincent van Gogh’s severed ear lives again in Germany

04
Jun
2014

A living copy of Vincent van Goghs ear has been grown and put on display in a museum in Germany. The Associated Press reports that artist Diemut Strebe took samples from Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson to Vincents brother Theo, after failing to acquire genetic material from the deceased virtuoso. Strebe says the organ is currently being kept alive in a nourishing fluid and could theoretically last for years. Its possible for visitors at the exhibit to actually talk to the disembodied organ, according to the museums website. The sounds are processed by software which then stimulates the ears nerve impulses in real time. Strebe is looking to create more installations using genetic material from the van Gogh bloodline, and is currently working to include mitochondrial DNA from a female relative.

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