{skin}-D.E.E.P.: arm

{skin}-D.E.E.P.: arm detail

{skin}-D.E.E.P.: arm detail

Long Description:

 {skin} d.e.e.p. – Digital Ephemeral Epidermal Patterns manifested as digitally fabricated exo-skeletal appliances imprinting the dermis. The project utilizes the body as a medium not to only express ourselves but to deliver agency via temporary modification of the visible skin. Foucault and Bourdieu have theorized about the body as a ground for examining power dynamics and action. Beauty and body modifications have centuries of tradition in the form of tattoos, piercings and even long lasting modifications to the body, but some of these modifications still retain a stigma in society especially in visible sensitive areas of the body (e.g.: neck). The process combines 3D printing technology to be applied externally and therefore is temporary in nature, allowing for a short term modification that completely vanishes, giving opportunity to extreme experimentations. Documenting these experiences and exhibiting the work within an art context offers a unique dialogue about the desire to modify one’s body and the powerful message it can project. The first series explored transformation of the skin via biological patterns such as an attempt to make the skin appear as a stylized version of snakeskin. Subsequently in 2016, the second iteration, {skin} d.e.e.p. – RESIST and bodyhacking explored the use of typography on the body, imprinting patterns and words, to be used as politicized communication.

{skin}-D.E.E.P.: neck

{skin}-D.E.E.P.: neck

{skin} D.E.E.P.-Digital Ephemeral Epidermal Patterns – is graciously supported by The University of Akron Summer Fellowship grant and the Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center at the University of Akron – Biomimicry Collaborative Research Incentive Grant.