Using a string to communicate

Here is how I use a string to communicate thebeautyloop[s] in various cultures at different periods of time. I took photos of myself and photoshop[ed] the subject in focus. The FA takes the form of a piece of paper in a “loop” format. In other words, there’s no end to flipping as you read.

 

Thebeautyloop[s] of other cultures

Thebeautyloop[s] of other cultures existing at different periods of time: Long Necks, Foot Binding, Black Teeth, Stretched Earlobes and Fattening.

Thebeautyloop Project

Every culture has its ideal beauty. You, an individual, do not have to be tied to it to get caught in it. Beauty is an agreement, a “cultural feedback loop” which most of us, who want to be “beautiful”, regard highly. We point out what is beautiful to us and lean towards the tendency of adjusting ourselves to the closest form of it. In the process of receiving feedback, we take certain measures and feed the “agreement”. Well, this “agreement” is a form of approval that we seek.

I’m considering between: 1) Installation and 2) Campaign.

Installation based on metaphorical concepts or campaign to breakout of Thebeautyloop to celebrate self-identity.

(If I choose to campaign) Self-identity can become an issue when some of us fail to run with the approval of others and fall into depression of not being “good enough”. Are we what others say of us? Reports on countless celebrities undergoing the knife is relatively considered as an extreme outward manifestation of the desire within us who want to look beautiful. Obsession over cosmetic surgery, calls for the questioning of self-identity. Yet in the midst of alterations to look “just as beautiful”, we strive to come across different in the opinion of others. The point is we are — Different. You are a human being, a unique individual whom no one can ever, by any means, replace your “earthenship”. Now, what qualifies you for such remarkable individuality? Your birth. So “Celebrate You”.

 Get outta here..