Merrick Project.
Joseph Merrick a topologically challenged Londoner (5 August 1862 -> 11 April 1890)
Prosthetic Costume
My mask.
Right arm + my right arm.
early stage of prosthetic suit (back) which is worn beneath the clothes.
front of prosthetic suit in an early phase.
Merrick experimenting with a membrane.
Project notes:
Plan:
Original plan was to visit London as Merrick, to see the stone from Solomons temple at St. Paul's.
Also to stage a sideshow, where the general public is cofronted with Merrick reading and studying.
Video-film-scene with Merrick constructing some objects.
Themes:
Merrick as a living fractal.
The face and mask related to the sculptural principles of object and cast.
(Church) models or miniatures and how we relate to them.
The architecture of Churches as symbols of the Body of Christ.
The principles of facial recognition and the impossibility of remembering
Merrick's face in detail.