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Touch Project (2)

“Anesthetics…block the body’s ability to send high-frequency pain signals to the brain or will not allow sodium to flow into the nerve cell. Some drugs manage to confuse the signals given at different stages of the pain message.” - A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman Understanding pain is confusing and complex. In this piece, I wanted to emphasize that confusion through masking tape. Here, the masking tape acts as a shield to pain, as would drugs or medication, but at what cost? Is the protective shield a good or bad thing? The piece does not answer the question, but instead raises importance to the idea that one is natural and the other is not. Although the tape looks like skin, it is ultimately tape.

Touch Project (1)

“Each of us has an exaggerated mental picture of our body…Touch fills our memory with a detailed key as to how we’re shaped. A mirror would mean nothing without touch. We are forever taking the measure of ourselves in unconscious ways.” - A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman In my first piece, I wanted to focus on the commentary on pages 95-96 of the Touch chapter and expand on the thoughts we have as humans, critiquing and criticizing ourselves. I have wrapped one face entirely in gauze, with bandages over the eyes, covering up all skin areas to the point where you can no longer see who is underneath. As it says, “we are forever taking the measure of ourselves in unconscious ways,” I interpreted it onto the medium as a result to this comment. Gauze and bandages are used for healing and protection and they cover up marks, scars, or blemishes that society deems inappropriate if left unrevealed. Many people of all ages battle with acne or other facial blemishes and disfig...

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