Subverting The Dominant Paradigm, One Bloody Word At A Time
Posted by: Susannah Breslin
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12:20PM, Tuesday October 20th 2009
In “Blood Script,” Washington, D.C. artist Mary Coble had 75 hateful epithets “tattooed” onto her body. No ink was involved, so the words looked as if they were written in blood. The ornate lettering Coble chose was intended to create “a dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically.” As the artist bled, pieces of paper were spread over each word, “printing” its mirror image in blood. The selected words were taken from a previous performance in which Coble invited viewers to write hateful words they had heard or used onto her body. The words include anti-female lingo: “bitch,” “slut,” and “c***.” [Mary Coble]
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spatula
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 11:32 am: [report]
so, they’re just cut into her skin?
amandabear
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 11:48 am: [report]
That’s one hell of a devotion to your art. Those scars will be around for a long, long time.
hlnbabe
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 12:25 pm: [report]
if not forever…
equnsuocha
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 12:38 pm: [report]
If they used a tattoo gun and needle and just left the ink out, they will fade with time. Tattoos arent supposed to be deep enough to scar which is why properly done tattoos arent raised the way a scar usually is. Either way, too painful for “art” IMO
Amy
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 09:19 pm: [report]
Penn Jillette did something like this years ago: http://www.pennandteller.com/03/coolstuff/penniphile/roadpenntattoo.html
bogart4017
wrote on October 21 2009 @ 12:20 pm: [report]
...and this is suppose to prove…