Emmett MacMillen

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Skinned

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In the dark, a canvas box is discovered, lit from the inside; silhouettes of the body and clothes of a woman appear on the walls. Spectators are encouraged to observe the woman inside the canvas box through small holes cut into the fabric. Parts of her body and activities can be observed but she knows she is being watched. The result is a piece that incites the harmless voyeuristic urge we all have when given the opportunity to spy, and turns it on it’s head when the observer becomes the observed, bringing into question a larger discussion concerning how a woman’s identity develops under the examining eyes of the world.

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