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Untiltied Fiber Susupension 3

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Yarn, wire, needles
9”x3”x2” to be hung on a body

My work explores the relationship between our bodies perceived limits and the rituals we have lost and recreated. There is an often remarked upon sense of loss or unsettledness in today society, do a loss of ritual and a loss of a sense of place or belonging.
Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of the body placed on it by the mind and our culture. What starts out as yearning soon becomes manipulated into a tragedy of distress, leaving only a sense of chaos and the inevitability of a new understanding. I have often felt the distress of not knowing my body, and feeling as if I was not in control of what happened to it. The process, the ritual of transforming it into something I have made gives me power.
I wanted help express the sense of ritual communication through time that body modification holds for me, by using symbols from old rituals and traditions, a corset and a symbol of the O-Kee-Pa, and the rituals of the modern piercing and tattooing shop I helped create that communication.
Image size
2848x4288px 1.31 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D5000
Shutter Speed
1/50 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
50 mm
ISO Speed
1600
Date Taken
Oct 11, 2011, 7:47:02 PM
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