Art, People, Photography

03\12\2014
Written by Daan Rombaut



Photographer Juuke Schoorl stretches the limits of skin

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Dutch photographer Juuke Schoorl explores the aesthetic potential that the human skin can hold. Her series ‘Rek’ (meaning ‘stretch’ in Dutch) uses materials that can be found around the house, such as duct tape and nylon fishing line, in order to push the boundaries of elasticity in our skin. This results in images that are abstracted and conceptual terrains of manually manipulated flesh. The images incite feelings of being close to painful, but they don’t cross that border. Both intriguing and inviting, the viewer can visually explore the textures and altered forms she creates.  “I highlight flexibility and adaptability but also its function as our own biological upholstery that aside from it’s protective capabilities could also serve as a medium for aesthetic expression, possibly in the form of a dress less fashion,” says Schoorl on her website.

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