Project_ISM - erotic art & public nudity

RENAE_M

ARTISTS STATEMENT

As young children we run around naked, freely with no care in the world. Puberty hits and all it takes is someone to call you fat to feel self conscious. In the media women have these 'perfect bodies' and you look at yourself and tear yourself apart. When we are old we start to care less about how we look. It's the time in the middle between being a child and an old woman where you have to learn to love the body you are in. A few years ago I went to a festival full of workshops. One workshop was titled 'Opening up to Vulnerability - a naked meditation'. We were instructed to close our eyes and to only take our clothes off if we felt comfortable. We then sat down and meditated for 20 minutes, having to sit with the feeling of "I could be the only one that is completely naked right now". After the 20 minutes we were instructed to stand up and open our eyes. I sprung up with so much confidence because I realized a body is just a body and who cares if anyone see me naked! It's natural. I looked around and most people had taken off their clothes and it just felt so normal. The ones that were still clothed said that they felt naked. This was the beginning of my journey to loving my body, standing completely naked with about 50 other strangers. I shot myself has been a beautiful project for my journey of self love and I would love to do another shoot in 5 or 10 years to see how much more I have grown.

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Renae_M 'good_for_me'
20 Nov 19
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ARTIST PROFILE

birthplace: Mississauga, Ontario
currently living in: Manchester
occupation: Sales
age: 26
height: 5'4 and a half
relationship status: I don't know! We need to have a chat to confirm
starsign: Virgo
biggest passion in my life: To have fun! Every day is do what you want day
I like to listen to: My yoga instructors
I like to watch: Starling murmurations and people - the way they interact with one another
I like to smell: Fresh laundry and a freshly burned match
I like to taste: Tomatoes! I eat them nearly every day
I like to feel: Oranges the fruit. The way they fit perfectly in my hand and the weight of them
favourite part of my body: My elbows - they go backwards! And my body hair
favourite part of someone else's body: The back, eyes and smile
Why i shot myself: To learn to be confident and happy in my own skin. A self love exercise.
who I'd least like to see shoot themselves: Anyone that feel uncomfortable and doesn't actually want to do it
who I'd most like to see shoot themselves: Anyone that wants to do it for self love
my website/fav website: BBC weather
Most outrageous thing I have done: Lied and got on a TV show to win some money
Bands I like: Beyonce, Bonobo, Anderson Paak, Quantic
Books I like: A Clockwork Orange, Milk and Honey, Oryx and Crake
Films I like: Little Miss Sunshine, Catch Me if you Can, What We Do in the Shadows

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