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Comment by 冬菜一斤 3 hours ago

6.A Canvas in a Photograph

A two-dimensional image becomes something three-dimensional on the body and then, through photography, again, something two-dimensional. In the process, the living canvases "change the contextual interpretations of the original painted images in integral ways" [56] and so does the photograph. In addition to bodypainting, photography also offers a new experience of oneself, comparable to the mirror experience.

"It gives me the opportunity to see myself from an outside perspective without judgment, which often appears whilst looking into the mirror "(Lucy)

"I am in the photo, but somehow it's not myself. "(Alisa)

Due to the lack of similarity, it is easier to appreciate the pictures as works without immediately bringing one's person into play, to look at them detached from oneself. When looking at the process, there is an absolute dichotomy, as, on the one hand, the body is in focus, on the other hand, it is overcome in two ways: to become a "living canvas ", the model has to endure the process of getting painted – this can be emotionally and physically challenging. In addition, the model is transformed into something else. The painting "transforms the wearer into a (temporary) work of art "[57].

[56] E. K. Katic, “The Living Canvas: Bodies that Serve and Simulate art, “ The American Journal of Semiotics, vol. 25, no. 1/2, pp. 77-101,2009, 77.

Comment by 冬菜一斤 8 hours ago

Although this is sometimes the case with ordinary photoshoots as well, it is usually much more present in bodypainting due to the greater difference. This becomes particularly clear when the painted model represents something non-human or even abstract.

"It feels like I can be anything, literally anything. "(Leonie).

"When I look at the pictures, I can barely recognise my body, yet I feel a strong connection to the photograph, as important and vivid memories are linked to it. "(Laura) [57]

Bodypainting has become a second-level work of art through photography: the painting is an artwork already, and together with the photographic process, it becomes yet another kind of art also.

Almost all models confirm that they experience it as an uplifting feeling to perceive themselves as art. Photography manages to detach the painting from its context and make it durable.

Furthermore, the resulting picture hides a lot: photographs are taken in front of a background paper or in a set, maybe even lights are mounted - in most cases, however, the result shows something that does not fully correspond to the memory of the shoot. This is already the case because one cannot perceive oneself "in real life "from the outside, but it is reinforced by the fact that the photographic result is based on staging and is probably retouched.

This way, the model has the chance to merge into the painting and the resulting photograph and leave her body behind, to identify with something that at first glance has a lot to do with her body.

Still, at second glance, it makes the actual body secondary. She can enjoy the artwork without necessarily relating it to her body, but understanding it as teamwork between herself – her physical and psychological qualities – the painter, and the photograph: the body as canvas as picture as art.

The Body as Canvas as Picture: Body painting and Its Implications for The Model by Maja Tabea Jerrentrup, Ajeenkya DY Patil University of Pune, Pune, India & University of Trier, Trier, Germany. In: International Journal of Cultural and Art Studies (IJCAS) Vol. 04, No. 1, 2020 | 9 – 23

[57] M. DeMello, Inked. Tattoos and Body Art around the World. Volume 1: A-L. Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2014, 63.

Comment by 冬菜一斤 on Sunday

時間守護的一棵樹，
靜謐而脈動無窮。

蔓藤沿著身驅緩緩纏繞，
綠意似記憶漸行漸遠。

光線輕輕試探，
盼春天甦醒回来。

瞳孔裡的胚芽，
只是過早透露的秘密。

延續閱讀～～
大開眼界
Bodypaint Illusion by Johannes

Comment by 冬菜一斤 on Saturday

在這幅畫面前，請暫且忘記你看見的是誰。因為這裡展示的不是人，而是「視覺本身」。色彩取代了身份，光影消解了個體。你所凝視的，是一場感官的風暴，一個超越名字與歷史的存在，短暫、炙熱，卻永恆地留在記憶裡。

Before this image, forget who you see. This is not a person but vision itself. Color replaces identity, and light erases the individual. What you face is a storm of sensation, a being beyond name or history—brief, intense, yet lasting forever in memory.