SKIN TO SKIN (Péle a Péle)

Inspired by the film Lygia: From Skin to Skin by Helena Lustosa and by the ideas of Lygia Clark—particularly her concept of shedding or losing the skin as a process of transformation—the performance and installation Skin to Skin, by Lola Lustosa and Mari Stockler, transforms and transcends the human body into sculpture. The work originates in the body and evolves into a new body, both complete in their existence. Like a snake or a scorpion shedding its skin, it leaves behind an image in order to open itself to new possibilities.

Performance / Installation: Lola Lustosa and Mari Stockler
Video editing: Lola Lustosa
Camera: Mari Stockler and Carlito Carvalhosa
Music: Arto Lindsay
Photography: Christian Gaul

Duration: approx. 30 minutes

Venue: Center of Art Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro
Year: 2010