Madame Peripetie

Madame Peripetie

Madame Peripetie is a extraordinary artist, her work represents surrealisms, dadaism and is truly avant-garde. Her work displays and discovers various art forms such as fashion, architecture, and photography; correlating these aspects onto the human body and infusing her designs with her eccentric flare. 

I was fortunate enough to discuss my ideas and designs with her, her knowledge is remarkable and has enabled me to look into things deeper instead of observing the shallow information presented to us.

The main thing Madame Peripetie suggested to me was to practice with various types of tape.

There are so many different types of tape so decided to have a play around with a few. I had to bare in mind that it had to be friendly to skin but was still strong enough to create the look I am going for. 

Masking tape:

I have used this tape before when applying make-up as it doesn't hurt the skin, however it didn't work very well for this design due to the colour and its hold. Also it has a slight texture to it which did not work well when the make-up was applied over the top.

Magic/invisible tape:

This tape worked rather well but I actually liked it when practicing the looks before that the tape was visible, so decided not to use magic tape.

Cello-tape:

As previously practiced, due to its smooth surface the make-up it hard to apply to the tape also it is shiny which is a factor I personally didn't like.

Double sided tape:

The hold of this tape wasn't fantastic, it is always a little fiddly to work with too. Because of it being double sided the make-up worked quite well on it although its hold on the skin when the make-up was applied was also not very good as the glue would loosen.

Scotch-tape:

This has so far been the best, I have practiced the looks with this when I did my practice run and was happy with the outcome. It tends to hold quite well and shapes the features the way I want it to look. The make-up can also be applied to it well, so I will be using this when filming my project.

Madame Peripetie also gave me some further reference points such as Lucy & Bart's projects on body architecture; I previously researched Bart Hess and was intrigued by his work so it is interesting to see his collaborative work with Lucy McRae. As suggested I have also researched photographer Gillian Wearing and the film 'The science of sleep'.

Lucy & Bart:

Their work is highly innovative and experimental which is something I would like to achieve with my project. They manipulate the body and the expression of beauty which is another factor I am challenging in my FMP. 

Their work is fascinating and discovers re-inventions of the human form, by often using usual object yet fabricating them to represent and alternate visualisation. 

This is one example of their work, showing how simplistic materials can influence the human form. This is something I am trying to create by the use of tape and the face mask.

Gillian Wearing:

British photographer Gillian Wearing explores people's personas and private lives, often revealing a paradox. This is something I can relate to looking at my project, the make-up acts like a mask a concealment of who we are as the physicality's do not always portray inner-self.

This project is called "Me in My Mask", this project of Wearing really interested me, throughout this project Wearing takes self-portraits wearing rubber masks modelled on family members and of herself when she was younger. Hopefully just like my film, these images are queried by the observer questioning what they are looking at. It leaves you wanting to discover what is underneath.

The Science of Sleep:

At first I was a little puzzled why she recommended that I watched this film, but after analysing it properly there are a couple of factors that I can relate to in regards to my project. The film is based around his dreams and his creative and innovative mindset. Stephane talks about how dreams are influenced by relationships, friendships etc it shows how our minds are manipulated by these factors as dreams can be a creation from our subconscious which also shows that due to these manipulative factors we feel pressured to act or present ourselves in certain ways. 

This film represents the overlapping of surrealism and realism and the distortion of reality which is also a large focus point of my film.