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AN EXTENSION OF HERSELF Sophie de Oliveira Barata’s Alternative Limb Project reimagines prosthetics as works of art, while coaxing viewers and wearers alike to reconsider the limits of the human body.
The Alternative Limb Project was commissioned to create a train-themed limb (seen here on dancer Welly O’Brien) for the Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum in Darlington, England. The installation and performance piece The 20:45 to Lover’s Rest was dedicated to railway workers and passengers who suffered the loss of limbs while working and traveling on railways.
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By Heidi Mitchell
