Idea development - materials

After speaking with my mentors, I decided to play around with the walls of my exhibition. Instead of them being solid, static walls, why not make the artwork the walls itself? I made a paper prototype by sticking together lots of printed images from my shoots and holding it up., as if it was hanging from the ceiling of the exhibition location. The thinness of it, the fragility and the way it gently swayed, were all features I found to be representative of the qualities of skin. However, I need to remove the white borders, to create a more seamless and continuous surface of skin. I also should try to incorporate materials - nylon, or silicone, rather than just paper. It would be interesting to see if I can actually print the images onto a more skin-like material. 

Following on from the idea of thin, skin-like walls, I have begun to research materials that I could use instead of paper. I have stumbled across synthetic fake skin sheets designed for tattoo practice. 

When I saw these, my imagination rocketed. Could I stick loads of them together in all shapes, sizes, colours and textures to create walls of 'skin'? Could I create fake scars, sweat, body hair and impressions of body parts on the material? Could I create holes, gaps, transclucent parts (possible out of skin-colour tights), stretches? Could I hang the 'skin' in quite a narrow passageway that forces my audience to push through the entrance, evoking disgust and discomfort? Could this entrance then lead to a larger 'room' of skin where my photography and film of the human body is being projected on to the walls via multiple mini projectors? Or is there a way of printing my images directly onto the 'skin'? Could I use an alternative fabric as well as the skin?

This has given me a lot more to experiment with. Despite my earlier apprehension, I think taking the project in the direction of skin rather than simply the body and social perceptions is more unique and effective compared to what has already been done. It still symbolises the messages I want to send, as all humans, animals, and even some objects, have a skin, both physical and metaphorical, that is a very basic aesthetic feature, vital for survival, and disguises insides, thoughts, emotions, and more. From research, I cannot see any artists who have made a room out of 'skin' before. I think it will have a far more grotesque and evocative effect on my audience if the installation appears to be made out of skin and requires touch and interaction, rather than simply walls with photographs stuck to them. 

I am having trouble figuring out how to incorporate both my film and my photographs. I don't know whether projecting my film onto printed images will work in terms of the film's visibility compared to a plain backdrop: this is something I need to test. I also do not know if the original audio I had planned to use would still be effective - again, perhaps something to experiment with.