Skinsline/Clothesline

The libidinal gaze was set free from the Pandora’s

box as soon as the forbidden fruit was tasted.
The shame of being looked at was first felt by

Adam and Eve. They were the first to state the difference between the naked and the nude. They were the world's first fashion designers. They
designed a costume to hide their skin/shame. And thus began the discourse of the revealed and the hidden.

Clothing plays a constant game with the skin of hiding and revealing. The politics of the body and its image is played on what you can see, where
you can see and when you can see it. The hidden skin is a space to conquer and subjugate for ownership as what you reveal determines your relation with the owner of the gaze and in turn his relation with you.

The Cloth –skin is a costume that hides the skin from head to toe and yet reveals it completely through blatant pores, wrinkles and body hair.
You can stitch it, drape it or cut it...

You can wear it to hide, wash it to clean and hang it to dry on a skinsline...


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Curated by- Bose Krishnamachari
Concept-note of Skinsline/Clothesline