Skin
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Skin
10:24
video
with commentary by Carol Yinghua
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The entry point of this work is the simple action of putting on and taking off clothes --an action we are bound to repeat every day.
Clothing, this external necessity, follows our desire. It reflects who we are, but also who we are not. When a woman puts on and takes off her clothes, the action often seems to express her desire and sexuality.
Can I escape from this system of controlling assumptions by hosting a fashion show on my body? In the video when I put on all the clothes from my wardrobe, clothes become organic objects, growing on and peeling off from my body.
