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bondage, living objects, objectification, plaster, sensory deprivation

Bondage Objectification Art
Utsumi pointed me to this segment from an art documentary. This Antony Gormley guy is brilliant...he's come up with the idea to create performance art pieces that involve someone else covering *him* in head-to-toe plaster. Why the hell did I not think of this?? ;-P

At the end of the clip, he elaborates on the meaning of his art:

"I am that object. And that seems to me an enormous advantage. I mean, it's so simple really...I mean, you cannot...you cannot ever be inside another substance as you are inside you're own body, and that is the advantage that I want to make the most use of as possible. So, when I'm standing, or in a particular position for a pose, it's simply a concentration where I am attempting to unite my physical and mental self, into that...into that total form."

So you mean all I'd have to do is be completely honest, but leave out the "plus, I find it kind of hot" part? ;-)

I can imagine in another world, one where I'm a little more courageous, doing a similar set of pieces involving being bound or encased and functioning temporarily as various objects, with an artist statement saying something like that it's a "commentary on the objectification of women in society." Maybe I could even figure out some angle to put on the art where my statement wouldn't even be the usual BS so many fine artists tell. Bondage art for feminism, wouldn't that be brilliant? ;-)