Mr Hartley explained: "I wanted to make a series of garments in response to facial ideals of today. I was interesting in how the soft tissues of the face can be manipulated, moved around and changed. It's the same way that body corsets were used to change the figure."
He designed some of the facial corsets to mimic results of surgery to augment cheeks with the use of implants and lip enhancement in response to botox injection treatments. Others redirect the lips and cheeks contrary to the accepted ideals of the 'western face'.
Rearranging faces is one of a series of free events being held at the Science Museum's Dana Centre, London, which are dedicated to exploring the future of face research and are running from 5 October until 2 December 2004.
that is interesting
i wish i'd seen it when i was over last week.
seems it would be a fitting show to pair up with the body works one currently in los angeles.
http://www.bodyworlds.com
That's totally freaky looking. But I like the guy's idea to come up with this. I wonder if this might take off in the fetish scene? For the real weird fetish people...
creepy
I'm naming my nightmares after you.
I haven't named my nightmares after JWZ since around '99
What's the song in your title? I totally just heard that recently, probably from my own library, and it's going to bug me til I know.
What's the song in your title?
If you're referring to the bit about the lotion and the hose, it's from Silence of the Lambs.
Silence! The Musical, featuring such hits as Put the Fucking Lotion in the Basket and many more!
See also: Greenskeepers 'Lotion' video
Oh, hm. I didn't know that, but I know it's sampled in some track I've got, or heard recently. I'll have to look through the recently-played list.
And, on topic:
Didn't his mother tell him his face would stick that way if he kept doing that?
I had to adblock the pics you posted. Gyeeeeaaaarkgh! /chunks
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Where do people come UP with this stuff?
It's pretty simple. If you suspect something you're doing is unhealthy and kinda freaky, stop doing it. If you must persist, DONT POST IT ON THE INTERNET.
If people followed your advice, how would I spend my days?
Running a nightclub and bitching about the stupidity of some the acts that get booked, and the equally mighty stupid people who attend to watch said acts?
Oh, wait.
Wait, what's unhealthy about it? I mean, how long do these people keep the things on?
The whole point of the internet is this shit. Didn't you get the memo?
First of all... WTF! Yes, someone must have been bored or off their chops with this concept... but then again... it would sound like something I would come up with! You see, this is what happens when you throw a couple of psychotic lunatics in a basement for a couple of weeks. I'm allowed to say that because I am mentally derranged :-P
With a mother only a face could love.
This reminds me of the fun I used to have with scotch tape when I was a kid :)
I'd tape my face in different ways and look extra odd!
See, and you were smart enough not to try and sell it.
-bZj