Skin-Gardens. Eco-Transparent jewelry for politically cared skins [Research] About Credits Related

About the project

2007

Skincare is a geopolitical practice. While caring for, cleaning, beautifying, and decorating our skin, we are contributing to the production of territorial transformations in distant locations: quarries, when we use mineral-based make-up; sheep farms, when applying collagen or elastin-based lotions; and laboratized animals, when using animal-tested products.

Cosmetics long ago ceased to be understood only as the concealment of discredited aspects of our body, such as age or illness.  The delicate exposure of the hidden geopolitical extensions of our body and the political discussions they prompt are the ultimate form of bodily decoration. SKIN GARDENS is a collection of geopolitical jewelry, meant to decorate the skin with images of the territorial transformations that cosmetics participate in.

Credits

Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation

 

Production

Adeline Ruiz

 

Research

Karin Rangel

 

Graphic design

Karin Rangel, Natalia Solano

 

Animation and exhibition

Natalia Solano

 

Fashion Designing

Amaya Scola

 

Model

Lluvia Rojo

 

Sewing

Dolores Jabonero

 

Hairdresser and make-up

Rita Candela

 

Photography

Miguel de Guzmán

 

Developer

Mad is Mad Gallery, Madrid

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