1st place
gold star award
Nat Tasha Lapiana
Ikka Mirabelli
italy
title
BEYOND THE SKIN
The skin, which has been theater of prejudice, carnage and celebration.
"Beyond the skin" is a work in progress.
Like a snake, the artist changes her skin. In a literal sense. The skin, the macroscopic envelope that physically defines a cultural and social identity, does not define personality.
This series reveals the skin as the outer boundary of inner identity.
Tasha, undergoing a long process of make-up, takes on different envelopes, in an attempt to break down the aesthetic limit. Ikka's camera and the long process of digital metamorphosis force the eye into the depths.
Stereotypes and prejudice about diversity fall away.
The artist's gaze pushes you to ask yourself: are you willing to know who is beyond the skin?
Their union stems from the need to incorporate performance and painting into photography. They were born in 1985, Federica Ikka Mirabelli is a computer geek, photographer and videomaker and Nat Tasha Lapiana is a multipontential artist and make up artist.
Working together in Milan since 2011 with TooGeniusFreaks, making music videos, fashion film and backstage. The combination of knowledge and skills stimulates them to a continuous experimentation, of manual, pictorial, photographic and digital type, making multiple shots, some of which are published in different magazines. Recently they have approached the world of contemporary art and photography, focusing their research on independent art work of still life and portraits that touch themes such as life and death, identity and unusual beauty. The partnership has participated in group exhibitions and competitions, arriving among the finalists of Paratissima Art-addiction.
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entry description
Ikka and Tasha in this new project put the skin in the foreground.The skin, which has been theater of prejudice, carnage and celebration.
"Beyond the skin" is a work in progress.
Like a snake, the artist changes her skin. In a literal sense. The skin, the macroscopic envelope that physically defines a cultural and social identity, does not define personality.
This series reveals the skin as the outer boundary of inner identity.
Tasha, undergoing a long process of make-up, takes on different envelopes, in an attempt to break down the aesthetic limit. Ikka's camera and the long process of digital metamorphosis force the eye into the depths.
Stereotypes and prejudice about diversity fall away.
The artist's gaze pushes you to ask yourself: are you willing to know who is beyond the skin?
about the photographer
IKKA&TASHA are an artistic, eclectic and creative duo.Their union stems from the need to incorporate performance and painting into photography. They were born in 1985, Federica Ikka Mirabelli is a computer geek, photographer and videomaker and Nat Tasha Lapiana is a multipontential artist and make up artist.
Working together in Milan since 2011 with TooGeniusFreaks, making music videos, fashion film and backstage. The combination of knowledge and skills stimulates them to a continuous experimentation, of manual, pictorial, photographic and digital type, making multiple shots, some of which are published in different magazines. Recently they have approached the world of contemporary art and photography, focusing their research on independent art work of still life and portraits that touch themes such as life and death, identity and unusual beauty. The partnership has participated in group exhibitions and competitions, arriving among the finalists of Paratissima Art-addiction.
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