Thursday, August 18, 2005
the one with body politics
went over to terse's place last evening for a casting on his exploratory tattoo project. have always been fascinated by body art and modification books so when this opportunity came bout last week, she volunteered quite whole heartedly. haha, cheap thrill hei? tattoos and piercings are viewed as an art form cos the human body's like an open canvas, one where she is free to explore and express. but of course, she's never explored extreme body modification bordering on self mutilation personally cos its just too painful OUCH. but its interesting to look see la. WARNING not for the weak hearted: piercing the privates. like steve hayworth says, "i'm an artist. what i do in the flesh is my art form. flesh is my medium."ok, am gonna digress from body art now. she's kinda used to doing vox pop stuff since the tony ting days where they were hooked on indie music and inspired by COLORS and i-D projects. she could still remember the excitement on her painful year long fashion thesis where she went round snapping pictures of people (their styles) and interviewing them on their views on current inflated fashion terms, what defined their individual styles and what "hippie bohemians" meant to them. she also realised asian people (other than the japanese), haven't really got much inkling of clothes as an expression of individualism and political extension of the body. ask a harajuku kid what her "theme for the day" is and she can easily spout some interesting stuff for you, be it personal or intrinsically political. now that's what i call fashion; creating something out of nothing. btw, i simply adore hussein chalayan and mcqueen for their radical chic. there's nothing more liberating than watching talented fashion designers parade their frustrated political stand on the runways.
bee wrote this at 8:58 AM
