The facade is read as the 'true' man. Should one don one's X ray specs to reveal truth?
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Do I understand correctly that in this image and in your statement that you are questioning the whole notion of the exterior self - the way one looks and clothes oneself as being the primary indicator of maleness? Indeed the notion that 'the clothes makes the man' might also be brought into question here. Covering your body in pink lame (or shinny fabric), which totally obscures self in favor of the material of fashion, one that evokes glamor, occasion and even festivity is intriguing. In fact, the end result is rather phallic and powerful, given that pink, which was originally associated with boys (watered down red + fierce + masculine) was subverted in the 20th century when it became symbolic of femininity (and thus ascribed to girls (both adults and babies).
ReplyDeleteLooks wild through my 3D glasses :)
ReplyDeleteYes, but the question is whether any veracity is revealed in the looking or whether one needs to venture beyond what's seen for understanding. Does the clothes make the man? I see that there are certain performative aspects to Mark's work. Didn't you read a fascinating book last year about Truth? Isn't truth subjective?
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, I don't have any X ray ones. Bernard Williams might say hold on to the truth that doesn't let us forget the horrors of the body
ReplyDeleteHe wrote 'Truth and Truthfulness'....interesting - didn't he also speak about the necessity of bodily continuity for personal identity? If this continuity or flow is to do with what is seen of an individual and their person, what happens when discontinuity of vision occurs as in Mark's presentations of a self that is essentially discontinuous? I find it fascinating that I see Mark underneath the pink material, when in fact this may be an illusion based on past artworks of his that I've seen.
ReplyDeleteNo context to make a case for a possible body underneath pink shiny.
ReplyDeleteNot even the fact that there appears to be a bodily form underneath?
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ReplyDeleteThink it was a mistake to look at the photograph with 3D Glasses because the pink really pops out
ReplyDeleteMore like a body without organs! And stop playing around with your 3D glasses if they are making things pop out. Are you using them in your animation work or do you have a 3D television?
ReplyDeleteNew version of Lightwave 3D software arrived last month :)
ReplyDeleteWhat does that enable you to do other than look through 3D glasses?
ReplyDeleteYou can make your own 3D movies but heh I'll leave it to Hollywood. Lightwave is software I use to model geometry for 3D sims and images, and animations like the mouth robot movie I made for Stelarc.
ReplyDeleteA series based around adornment from seven years ago. A quick photo shoot in my flat has taken prominence since acquiring JC as a supervisor. I love the way one image creates such discussion. I sometimes make a work unconciously and reflect on how significant it is to my practice / existence.
ReplyDeleteJust taking up Steve's statement (gleaned from Williams) about the 'horrors of the body', is adornment about concealing these horrors - how we think others see us, how we see ourselves? Or here (in Mark's photograph) is fabric a way of bridging the gap between the phenomenal self (identity) and the ideal self (the way we'd like to be)?
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