the body as a site for cultural representation

some images of my project hung up in the studio.

looking at the other side of the fabric - drawn on side

the patches of fabric before I stitched them together

one and other

Anthony Gormley's project "One and Other" for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square this summer.

For 100 days, every hour (applicants chosen randomly though also representational of the geographic of UK) a different person will stand on the plinth creating a "monument built in time out of 1 hours of people's lives".

liked this article

Assaulting the Surface
A Conversation with Sarah Lovitt
by Ana Finel Honigman

skin/clothes/marks etc

list of links and notes:

Human skin is the largest organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of epithelial tissues that guard underlying muscles and organs. As the interface with the surroundings, skin plays the most important role in protecting.

microscopy images

national geographic photo gallery

 

penn museum of archaeology and anthropology  online exhibits 

human skin- binding book

"FACTOIDS:

• As an adult, you may have more than 20 square feet of skin -- about the size of a blanket.
• You are likely to shed some 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime"

^^^ taken from "Your Gross and Cool Body"

wikipedia on skin

clothes- distressed and repaired showing their history etc and current economic climate "make do and mend"

wikipedia clothing and clothing maintenance