Name:
Viktorija Smidtaite
Working
title: Scars
Précis
In this
body of work, I would like to show the memories that are saved on human skin. To photograph peoples scars and record them talking about their memories and experiences related to the scar. No faces or names will be shown, in order to make it less personal, and to show that it can happen to everyone and it doesn't matter who the person it. The images will be displayed on the large touch screen and when viewer touch the scar/image the sound of the person voice will start playing.
Rationale
Scars are
memories that can be touched and seen, stories that are written deep into
someone’s skin. Scar represents the moment in life when something happened.
That event is not only stuck in memory but also visible on the skin.
Some people
can be very sensitive about their scars and they don’t like people touching
them or even seeing them. They can represent a traumatic event in someone’s
life. But it is also a part of a human body and it cannot be ignored. Scar is a
part of human life and memory and I believe that every mark on the skin is
interesting, it is different and has its own story.
In this
project I would like to show the scars and the memories that hides behind them.
I also would like to try making the artwork interactive, so people could not
only look at it but feel it and understand it as well.
Aims &
Objectives
The work
would be aimed at people who have scars themselves, it is a chance to show that
scars cannot only represent a traumatic event but are beautiful and interesting
as well.
Evidence of
initial research
Ted Meyer
is a Los Angeles-based artist, curator, and patient advocate who makes a
beautiful art from people scars in his project called “Scarred for Life:
Mono-prints of Human Scars.” Meyer said. “I do a print off their body and then
I try to work in some of the details of what happened to them into the painting
that I do over the print.”
No comments:
Post a Comment