«Fair-Skinned»
The installation references the enduring expression «to have tender skin.» It describes a person as fragile and vulnerable. The surrounding world is prickly and easily stretches the skin (a metaphor for a person’s emotional state) into all sorts of shapes; the skin is capable of adapting to conditions, stretching, bearing scars, and regenerating itself.
The most extensive organ, yet any blade will breach the delicate layer of human tissue. It is a state of perpetual struggle, where fatal events and decisions hang by a thread; at some point, it will become impossible to shield oneself while preserving the skin. Consequently, essentially, a person is both strong and infinitesimally weak. The irreversibility of fate is like skin stretched taut under the tip of a blade.
