2024-05-07T05:43:05-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149975562/gettin-fleshy-with-it-skin-sculpture-is-both-critique-and-kinda-creepy Julia Ingalls 2016-10-27T13:12:00-04:00 >2016-11-05T23:40:05-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ap/apgk5izkjbrah7da.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Oh, functionalism: enough already with the developer-driven efficiency that puts dollars ahead of human livability. Or so goes the critique that underlies the sculpture by NEON known as "Skin," a six-sided grid strung with&nbsp;1800 pairs of skin-colored tights.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/vl/vlei2g0e47bhngpa.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/pd/pdz023sl8vbnz7rq.jpg"></p><p>Inadvertently reminiscent of films like "Cube" and "Hellraiser," "Skin" is intended to start conversations about the human dimension in architecture. As a press release elucidates:</p><p>"From within the sculpture also imitates the aesthetic of human flesh to create a feeling of immersion with the inhabitant losing all sense of where their body ends and architecture begins. It is intended that this approach will create a strong physical and emotional connection between the inhabitant and the architectural space. This sense of being physically and emotionally present is particularly important in a world where technologies continue to erode our sense of personal space."</p><p>For more on innovative fabric-based architecture:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/137970616/a-wrap-up-of-vancouver-s-city-fabric" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A wrap-up of Vancouver...</a></li></ul>