![]() ![]() The work has been shown internationally including as part of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s touring Decode exhibition in 2009, and is part of a number of public collections around the world. While the installation is suitable for a single person, when multiple people are present, a new dynamic emerges as the audience start interacting with each other via the work. So anything – living or not – of any shape can trigger colours, as long as it moves in the space). (In fact the installation doesn’t see ‘people’ at all, only movement. Body painting that is limited to the face is known as. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or 'henna tattoos' about two weeks). The installation is designed to work with any number of people and is scalable to cover areas from 4m to 50m wide, potentially more. Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. The interaction is simple, movement creates paint. Similarly in Body Paint, when you stop moving, the image slowly fades away, leaving only the memory of your experience. Sometimes every note is just for the moment, an unconscious response coming from within, without any concern for making it permanent. Analogous to music, the motivation for playing an instrument is not always to compose or record. What matters is not the image created at the end, but the sensation of creating it, interacting with it, reacting to your creation as it evolves. The piece is about the interaction experience. It is not a painting application per se, and instead explores expressive ways of creating and performing images and color through capturing the motion and energy of the body. Body Paint explores our ability for non-verbal expressive communication, and combines it with our desire to create even more so, our desire to create something beautiful.īody paint is a visual instrument that enables you to paint on a virtual canvas with your body, interpreting movement and gestures into evolving compositions. ![]() We have a natural instinct to express ourselves through movement. Our body is a vessel for emotional expression. ![]()
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