I went down to visit Gerard (the tattoo artist) at his shop today. Special thanks to Gerard and Ryan for being sporty and allowing me feature their faces in my images, and also to Germaine for introducing me to Gerard and going down with me.
Gerard tattooing Ryan
Biomech Tattoo
Ryan cannot remember how many tattoos he has, but according to him, they will join up to be one tattoo when it is all done. Instead of tattooing to "show off", he sees tattoos as a form of art.
What struck me today was the tattooing process. I went with the misconception that tattooing will be painful with the person being tattooed gritting his teeth and bearing the pain. I feel that the moods portrayed in the last two shots are "useful" to our cause in the sense that it helps to break the stereotype of pain and shed light on the process.
Not only was Ryan relaxed, he was joking with me and Gerard while being tattooed. When asked, he mentioned that he normally sleeps through the process.
This is all I have for now, will look through again in a couple of days if I find anything useful.
Regards,
geraldtay
1 comment:
we could put these at the first few of the exhibit, to show how its like when pple put on tattoos, then the later ones show what happens after that, how they live with the tattoos and how they live with the experiences which spurred them to make tattoos, both of which are things that are forever.
another interesting that just popped up in my mind is, how the tattoo is something permanent as opposed to the ephemerality of everything else, esp in context of singapore.
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