Deep Tissue

Deep Tissue is a series of aluminum prints. During a two year residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, working alongside artists from an international community, I became very aware of different norms and customs around physical contact, including my own, and started to keep a diary of moments of touch. All hand shakes, accidental elbow bumps and the tiniest of interactions were noted down at the end of the day. The diary became a score for a live performance and these artworks.

Together with professional massage therapist Eddie Gilpin, I massaged fragments of my diary into thick aluminum foil. The font I used was designed by Meg Huston and fellow artist Lili Huston-Herterich.

Pictures 1 by PIERTaiwan picture 2, 3 by Karel van Laere, Picture 4 by Tomek Dersu Aaron