6. Lent Body

"It is by lending his body to the world that the artist changes the world into paintings." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the Primacy of Perception

In this piece, there is a woman in pink made of silicone that is becoming flat on the surface and popping up again with the movement of the motor. Behind the woman, there is a triangular prism made out of clear plexi-glass that viewer can see the system of the mechanism. In the mechanism, there is one gear motor, eccentric cam, and shaft that is connected to the woman. While cam is touching the motor, it creates an impressive almost suffering like voice that become the voice of the figure. The movement of her is unbalanced again to increase the affect of the negative pleasure. She inhales really slowly, and suddenly pops up which creates an element of surprise for the observer. The back of my silicone woman with the silicone cords that allows observer to play with her