Beyond the Boundaries
This exhibition zine showcases the diverse and exciting work created by the MA Fine Art artists at UCA Farnham. In a time of uncertainty and under radical constraints, we have found new ways to communicate and manifest our diverse practices. Exploring the newly emerging social and cultural energies, the work seeks ways of transcending conventions, the limitations of ideologies and restrictive belief systems.
This exhibition zine showcases the diverse and exciting work created by the MA Fine Art artists at UCA Farnham. In a time of uncertainty and under radical constraints, we have found new ways to communicate and manifest our diverse practices. Exploring the newly emerging social and cultural energies, the work seeks ways of transcending conventions, the limitations of ideologies and restrictive belief systems.
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The skin is an important marker of our identity and<br />
something we take pleasure to define. However,<br />
with <strong>the</strong> current movement towards enforced<br />
personal territories, mediated by measures such<br />
as social distancing and mandatory masks, we live<br />
in a society where <strong>the</strong> boundary between ourselves<br />
and o<strong>the</strong>rs is increasingly being demarcated.<br />
The cultural defence of our corporal boundaries<br />
enforces <strong>the</strong> concept of our skin as a firm border<br />
that delineates our body. But does our body really<br />
end at <strong>the</strong> skin? Or should we view our skin more as<br />
a blurry, porous outlining, taking into consideration<br />
that our body’s personal electromagnetic<br />
energy field outspreads <strong>the</strong> skin by about 3 feet?<br />
The concept of our skin as a firm border<br />
that effectively separates us from o<strong>the</strong>rs is<br />
contested by taking a look at <strong>the</strong> measurable<br />
interaction of our bio-field with that o<strong>the</strong>rs,<br />
ultimately blurring <strong>the</strong> distinction between ‘self’<br />
and <strong>the</strong> ‘<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r’. When acknowledging this<br />
energetic dialogue, we direct attention away<br />
from <strong>the</strong> notion of dividing opposites, but sense<br />
an intimate interconnectedness between us.<br />
In ToucH<br />
Stef Will<br />
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