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> A new adventure is about to start following in the footsteps of
> Plug'n'Pray: Scan your Skin. This research project aims at exploring a
> simple but thorny subject: our skin. We would like to put together a
> group of people who can contribute to the project with high-quality
> creative input.
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> Eager to learn more? Read below a short description of this
> initiative. If you find your passions, beliefs and goals expressed
> here, I'd be glad if you could join us. Please let me know if you'd
> like to participate in this adventure with your work and
> interpretation of the project theme - your contribution is valuable.
>
> Feel free to distribute this message to other people whom you think
> may find it interesting and relevant.
> Thank you for your time and attention.
>
> Best wishes,
> Lionello Borean
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> SyS > Scan your Skin
> Book, web site and offline project
> Call for ideas and proposals
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> Our skin is our vulnerable shell. It protects us and characterizes
> each one of us as an individual. Besides its physical attributes, our
> skin conveys differences between people; it takes on ancestral,
> historical, cultural and political implications. As time flows on, it
> carves more signs and meanings on our skin.
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> SyS wants to explore this territory from different points of view.
> Creative personalities will suggest artistic interpretations of the
> project message, thus offering their own reading of the human skin.
> Photography, graphic arts, the written word; a bold, abstract approach
> or a sober and realistic one - each contribution will be a key
> component of this multifaceted jigsaw puzzle. The goal is to build a
> well-structured picture of human skin as a concept/research object.
> The final work will be published in a book and distributed to selected
> retailers.
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> Artists, writers, designers and cultural producers: we are calling
> you! Send us your work! (Format: 1 to max. 8 pages; approx. size:
> 17x24 cm./6.70x9.45 in.) It can be anything from a photo or photo
> series/sequence, to graphic work, to a story, an article or a poem.
>
> We plan to organize a number of offline happenings and events to
> support and promote the book, and to link it to an ad-hoc web site:
> the "Scan your Skin" online project is under construction right now
> (check it out on www.scan-skin.org, coming soon.)
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