Working like a Machine? Kahn empathises.

The Body Machines below is based on a poster by the artist Fritz Kahn from 1927. After a hard day at work I couldn’t help but relate to the subject who revealed all for this picture. Kahn cleverly depicts the nervous system as a complex electronic signalling system, complete with buttons, charts and busy workers. Fritz Kahn’s books and illustrations explored the inner machinery of the human body, using metaphors of modern industrial life. Kahn turned the brain into a complex factory with light projectors, conveyor belts, secretaries and cinema screens; he showed the journeys of blood cells as locomotives encircling the globe; and he compared bones to modern building materials such as reinforced concrete.


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