Photographer and artist Juuke Schoorl was
interested in exploring her skin as its own medium for art. By taking advantage
of its unique properties, Schoorl creates visceral images that have us
reconsidering our "biological upholstery."
Schoorl says of her work, "With my project
‘Rek’ (‘Stretch’ in Dutch) I focused on exploring the aesthetic possibilities
of the human skin. I was inspired by the materiality of the human skin and how
it reacts to external stimuli. The adaptability of this curious stretchable
material amazed me and I realized it is much more malleable than we usually
notice or realize."
Using commonly available materials like nylon
string, School is able to manipulate the natural drape of skin. The ridges
formed down this model's back have us questioning what we typically consider to
be beautiful about the female form.
Schoorl says of her work, "As an
artist the challenge for me is to translate the normal things around us into
something visually new and exciting. By enhancing or enlarging things that I
find interesting, but others sometimes hardly notice, I hope to challenge others
peoples perspectives on the world. "
By manipulating the skin, School is able
to make what initially looks like injuries into beautiful textures.
"I like to challenge the
physical abilities of my subjects. Especially logical or physical
principles found in nature or in technological devices I find really exciting.
Besides that I'm generally fascinated by the malleability of the human body and
I often like to mix the two.
At the moment I'm interested in creating
my own physical tools to create filmic experiments or effects, similar to
what I did in Liquid skin."
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