Beyond the Body by Imme van der Haak RCA

25/06/2012. [VIDEO] [LON] UK
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA

Beyond the Body. A perception of appearance and identity. Royal College of Art graduate Imme van der Haak has printed photos of people onto silk shrouds so that the wearer’s image is overlaid with someone else’s face and body (+ movie). In the movie, two female dancers wear the translucent silk garments, which are printed with photos of men and women of various ages and appearances.

Beyond the Body, by Imme van der Haak.

"My work focuses on altering the human form by affecting its figure with just one simple intervention. Photos of the human body are printed onto translucent silk which will create the possibility of physically layering different body’s, ages, generations and identities.

In a dance performance, the moving body manipulates the fabric so the body and the silk become one, distorting our perception or revealing a completely new physical form. The movement then brings this to life.

Beyond the body brings into being an ambiguous image that intrigues, astonishes or sometimes even disturbs." (by Imme van der Haak).

Choreography.- Alesandra Green.
Music.- Samuel Pegg.
Dancer.- Catherine Bell.
Dancer.- Alice Gaspari.
Cinematrography, editing.- Maja Zamojda.

Beyond the Body at the RCA Design Products Show. London. U.K.

Till the 1st of July, open daily from 10.00 - 17.30 (closed on the 29th of June)

Imme van der Haak is born and raised in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Imme went on to graduate in 2010 from Artez, the academy of arts in the same city. Following this, she moved to London to begin studying a master in Product Design at London’s Royal College of Art.

Imme’s work is playful, yet subtle in its approach. She constantly strives to question and challenge our perception of what is ‘normal’, focusing on the everyday, which we might take for granted.

Imme is currently available for freelance, full time and collaborative work.