On entering the darkened space audiences become virtual tourists confronted with a 3D war landscape. The cameras act as interfaces; the act of 'shooting' as part of the scene causes the framed area to disappear from the projected image as if a layer of skin were being torn off the world.
World Skin highlights the
effects of technology and media on our perception of the world, alluding
to the way mediated images of human horrors appear neutralized and on a
similar level. The work also emphasizes the contrast between the
materiality of the printed photographs that 'war safari tourists' can
take away, and the virtual environment where it originates.