Artist statement: The second flesh is an alternative approach to imaging the female body, providing a means to avoid the commodifying gaze. Consisting of grotesque, fleshy, almost ‘internal’ imagery made externally, the work intends to flip traditional viewing strategies – focusing on the internal instead of the culturally expected external appearance of the body. Seeking to both sexually allure and illicit complete repulsion, The second flesh allows an unexpected view of the body that cannot be commodified or sexualised, dissolving hierarchies of looking. The second flesh is an ongoing Honours year project, supervised by Ray Cook at RMIT University.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
