Inside, outside and in between

Francesca  Woodman  

•  Francesca  Woodman  (April  3,  1958  –  January  19,  1981)  was  an  American  photographer  best  known  for  her  black  and  white  pictures  featuring  herself  and  female  models.  Many  of  her  photographs  show  young  women  who  are  nude,  blurred,  merging  with  their  surroundings,  or  whose  faces  are  obscured.  Her  work  conGnues  to  be  the  subject  of  much  criGcal  acclaim  and  aIenGon,  years  aJer  she  commiIed  suicide  at  the  age  of  22.  

Gunther  Von  Hagens  •  Gunther  von  Hagens  (born  Gunther  Liebchen,  10  January  1945)  is  a  

controversial  German  anatomist  who  invented  the  technique  for  preserving  biological  Gssue  specimens  called  plasGnaGon.    

•  For  the  first  20  years  plasGnaGon  was  used  to  preserve  small  specimens  for  medical  study.  It  was  not  unGl  the  early  1990s  that  the  equipment  was  developed  to  make  it  possible  to  plasGnate  whole  body  specimens,  each  specimen  taking  up  to  1,500  person-­‐hours  to  prepare.  The  first  exhibiGon  of  whole  bodies  was  displayed  in  Japan  in  1995.  Over  the  next  two  years,  von  Hagens  developed  the  Body  Worlds  exhibiGon,  showing  whole  bodies  plasGnated  in  lifelike  poses  and  dissected  to  show  various  structures  and  systems  of  human  anatomy,  which  has  since  met  with  public  interest  and  controversy  in  more  than  50  ciGes  around  the  world.  

Idea  1-­‐  Fashion  &  the  body  •  My  first  idea  is  based  

around  fashion.  Gunther  Von  Hagen  inspired  me  to  make  garments  which  have  inside  body  parts  on  the  outside.  Like  lady  Gaga  wore  a  dress  made  from  meat  I  will  make  clothes  with    fake  hearts  or  intesGnes  on  the  outside  etc.  

Idea  2  -­‐  Doorways  •  This  idea  will  be  a  

photography  based  project  focusing  on  doorways  and  openings.  IniGally  I  am  going  to  simply  photograph  open  doorways  then  move  on  to  derelict  places  with  a  subject  standing  between  them  out  of  focus.  My  inspiraGon  came  from  Francesca  Woodman  in  parGcular  this  photo.  

Idea  3  -­‐  DeconstrucGon  •  I  came  up  with  the  ideas  to  destruct  items  such  as  suits  and  other  

clothing  to  show  the  insides  or  even  have  body  parts  being  revealed  underneath.  Similar  to  my  first  idea  I  was  thinking  about  using  Hagens  work  of  the  body  to  be  what  could  be  revelled  on  the  inside.  

Idea  4  -­‐  Mural  

•  For  this  idea  I  would  use  painGng  and  other  techniques  to  produce  the  effect  of  swapping  inside  and  outside.  Mural  is  the  effect  of  having  a  painGng  of  outside  on  the  inside  of  a  building.  

Idea  5  –  Pop  art/  Sculpture  •  This  idea  is  going  to  combine  classic  pop  art  Pieces  with  Hagens  work  of  the  body  for  an  example  I  would  create  the  Rolling  stone  tongue  out  image  into  a  real  life  inside  out  body  piece.