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Help Me (Yantra Tattoo) Installation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Details & The work, created in Thailand with the help of four monks and an assistant, is part of my artistic research project Portrait as Dialogue. Based on their expertise and my horoscope, four monks selected a tattoo design for me. While the protective signs are usually carved into human skin, I asked to have the tattoo selected for me drawn on skin-colored leather vests that I had specially made for this purpose. As with all Portrait as Dialogue works, the assessments and classifications of my person are contrasted with the photo portraits of the project participants. Related Publications De-Colonising the Western Gaze: The Portrait as a Multi-Sensory Cultural Practice 2019, Dissertation, Own writing Artworks Smell Me 2011, Videoinstallation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Artworks Name Me 2009, Videoinstallation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Artworks Tell Me 2009, Installation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Artworks Imagine Me 2007, Installation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Artworks Track Me 2006, Videoinstallation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Artworks Seek Me 2005, Audioinstallation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue Artworks StillePost 1999, Installation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue

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Help Me (Yantra Tattoo)

Installation, Contributive, Portrait as Dialogue

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The work, created in Thailand with the help of four monks and an assistant, is part of myartistic research project Portrait as Dialogue.

Based on their expertise and my horoscope, four monks selected a tattoo design for me. While the protective signs are usuallycarved into human skin, I asked to have the tattoo selected for me drawn on skin-colored leather vests that I had specially madefor this purpose. As with all Portrait as Dialogue works, the assessments and classifications of my person are contrasted withthe photo portraits of the project participants.

PublicationsDe-Colonising the Western Gaze: ThePortrait as a Multi-Sensory CulturalPractice2019, Dissertation, Own writing

ArtworksSmell Me2011, Videoinstallation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

ArtworksName Me2009, Videoinstallation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

ArtworksTell Me2009, Installation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

ArtworksImagine Me2007, Installation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

ArtworksTrack Me2006, Videoinstallation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

ArtworksSeek Me2005, Audioinstallation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

ArtworksStillePost1999, Installation, Contributive, Portrait asDialogue

https://www.angelika-boeck.de/en/arbeiten/help-me-yantra-tatoo

https://www.angelika-boeck.de/en/veroeffentlichungen/de-colonising-the-western-gaze-the-portrait-as-a-multi-sensory-cultural-practice

https://www.angelika-boeck.de/en/arbeiten/smell-me

https://www.angelika-boeck.de/en/arbeiten/name-me