Both can be applied to skin: firstly, skin is translucent; a light shone through a hand can prove this as it results in a warm, peachy-red glow on the other side.
Furthermore, while we know it's biological function, there are numerous other ways to push the concept of skin, making it's 'meaning' more obscure:
- What can it be used for?
- How can it create or distort something?
- How does it change with age, temperature, sensitivity, pain, fear, comfort?
- How does it differ between species?
- Is skin simply an organ which surrounds an entire body, or is it a tool, a weapon, an attraction, a saviour, a disguise?
Taking the idea of skin further, the remnants of it can be considered. Dust, which is made up of dead skin cells, can obscure and disguise things it falls upon. Forming a thin layer across objects, it creates a translucent - or if thick enough, opaque - sheet, hiding what is underneath. The thought of not only considering humans and skin as they are in the current moment, but also the aftermath, i.e. dust, is something I may play around with in my project, perhaps through use of fabrics.
Close-up photos of the surface of skin:
Fine lines, hair, dry skin, cuticles, scars, texture
Taken on iPhone 6
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