Skin and Bone / Self-Portrait 24

2013

silicone, cotton thread, linen tape, wood, glass, brass

100 x 6600 x 100

Human body as structure
Sometimes the human body can feel like a structure, architecture you can walk around in. Your own body as a city where the inhabitants live together. This is my own city, bringing together my main information carriers for my identity: my skeleton together with my skin.

The skeleton as separate entities
All 172 bones, obtained from a CT scan of my own skeleton, are encased by a tightly sewn cover, made from a silicone cast of my own skin. Thus, the cover forms a closed skin and each part of “my” skeleton forms an independent, separate entity.

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bronze, concrete
180 x 180 x 820

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18 karat gold, ebony, glass
50 x 20 x 300

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2014
sealing wax, wood
160 x 120 x 140 cm

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2012
bronze, glass, cedar wood, paper
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