Touch Assignment

 

Tattoos
Digital Illustration

Quote: "Ultimately, tattoos make unique the surface of one's self, embody one's secret dreams, adorn with magic emblems the Altamira of the flesh." (Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, pg. 100).

Statement: The illustration is to show touch in a physical and emotional way. This shows how the skin is a unique fabric to stitch into. Tattoos are seen as the patchwork to the body, hence the phrase, 'don't be sad, get a tattoo'. They are also a form of self-expression and one's identity through the artistry of a needle. I thought to take inspiration from the quote and my own interpretation to create this image I saw in my mind. Much like how patchwork quilts are made with love in their stitches, so are tattoos.

Hunger
Digital Collage

Quote: "We play at devouring each other, digesting each other, we nurse on each other, drink each other's fluids, actually get under each other's skin." (Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, pg. 108).

Statement: Sensual touch is one of the most primal sensations (second to fear). To indicate this, I took a banana that had busted open to represent the primal sensual nature symbolically start to become unpeeled. I came to this conclusion when I read the 'Kissing' section of the Touch chapter and saw that food would be the best for to visually communicate what the quote speaks about consuming one another.

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