‘To Age is not a crime’ Major Project

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I started looking at replacing the features of the face with cut outs form magazines to show the commercial element of plastic surgery and how people are influenced by it.I used red in the background of the original image as symbolism for danger/warning.

I then started to focus on the continous line drawing I had drawn of Hang Mioko.How could i develop this further?I decided to use cooking oil to paint continous line pictures of her.I found it very interesting the way the oil slowly seeped into the newsprint paper and made it become transparent.

I used this piece by Jonathan Yeo to influence my performance art piece.By using the incisions lines around the eyes to suggest where to cut.I like the mixed media appeal to this painting.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a5YWqUQ5dozH9V73d6JrQSG47kwoeNEc

  • Stage 1-wanted to show incision lines true to the ones used in surgery
  • Stage 2 I wanted to show the constant cycle/de-construction/construction of the face during plastic surgery

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a5YWqUQ5dozH9V73d6JrQSG47kwoeNEc

I think the next stage is to start injecting oil into different items to see how it reacts and doccumenting this.

‘Under the lense’ Looking at different elements of the face under a magnifying glass in the same way someone with body dismorphia might.And Also from the point of view of a surgeon.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/body-dysmorphia/

https://www.addictioncenter.com/community/plastic-surgery-addiction/

I think i want to experiment with some more photography/performance art pieces involving the surgeon and patient and play around with the control aspect.

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