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The project "Shaping your body" is about the pure beauty of our naturalism. We are building our body by our selves and it is mirroring who we are. If the body is going to be transformed in an unnatural way, it will be damaged. An error in a humans life can raise a problematic and progressive aspects in the system. Problems can develop by them self and reach an uncontrollable stage.  
Natural human body is the most beautiful. We are building our body by our selves and it is mirroring who we are. If the body is going to be transformed in an unnatural way, it will be damaged. An error in a humans life can raise a problematic and progressive aspects in the system. Problems can develop by them self and reach an uncontrollable stage.  
Looking at the printed poster, spectator can experience every tiny detail of the body as pure and natural as it is. On the other hand, the video work is a metaphor which reflects to the digital image in the information age. The digital moving image is exposing a progressive damage. It is an transformation to something that we do not know and can not control.   
Looking at the printed poster, spectator can experience every tiny detail of the body as pure and natural as it is. On the other hand, the video work is a metaphor which reflects to the digital image in the information age. The digital moving image is exposing a progressive damage. It is an transformation to something that we do not know and can not control.   
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Revision as of 16:24, 19 April 2012

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Natural human body is the most beautiful. We are building our body by our selves and it is mirroring who we are. If the body is going to be transformed in an unnatural way, it will be damaged. An error in a humans life can raise a problematic and progressive aspects in the system. Problems can develop by them self and reach an uncontrollable stage. Looking at the printed poster, spectator can experience every tiny detail of the body as pure and natural as it is. On the other hand, the video work is a metaphor which reflects to the digital image in the information age. The digital moving image is exposing a progressive damage. It is an transformation to something that we do not know and can not control. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The piece is exhibited in Boerhaave Museum exhibition "Augmented Bodies". The work discuss the promise of the body and how it can be interpreted. The portrait is enhanced with a virtual layer. The hidden augmented world of the work is revealed when a smartphone or tablet is directed at the portrait. On the digital screen the hidden reality unfolds engaging the spectator and resulting in a strong connection with the work. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Other media and documentation of the project will appear soon;

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