#scarification
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this post contains images of people who have passed away.
Jingili man with cicatrices.
Northern Territory, Australia.
1901
Walter Baldwin Spencer
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Cicatrix- SJ Norman
“Norman, a non-binary transmasculine cross-disciplinary artist, said definitions of religion and spirituality were inherently colonial and problematic. The practice of bodily scarification could be variously described as a religious practice, cultural practice, spiritual practice, a knowledge practice, a political practice, or all of the above, he said.
“’For the many Aboriginal people on this continent who still practise scarification, the distinction [between ceremony and art] is completely clear. For myself, as a south-eastern Koori, this work represents a very personal, referential gesture to a practice which has been suppressed, and which colonisation has divested me of,’ Norman told Guardian Australia.
“’This is a work of body art, which is generated from a point of tension between the western canon of performance, which I inhabit and am influenced by, and my Indigeneity,’ he said.”
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…..Survivor’s Gilt. defeated warriors who make it back home are decorated with molten gold poured in intricate patterns across their skin that detail the defeat and the fallen. the burns fade with time, but the cold weight of the metal in their skin is a permanent reminder of what - and who - they lost
I did this #scarification recently but forgot to post it. #ryanpba #bmezine #bodymodification (at Precision Body Arts - tattoo & piercing studio)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzDh_uzHM6v/?igshid=1di3pkzis8e6m
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WOW some seriously sexy and beautiful scarification. This girl bets that will look amazing once it heals, it is still fresh in this picture, it must have just been done.
que hermosoooo!!
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We’re both excited. I’m soaking wet and terrified. Something may happen today…
Just a little set of photos I never uploaded from that day! And guess who’s very, very tired on that last one..
Scarification performed by Iestyn Flye Seven, Calm Bodymodification, Stockholm
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…..Survivor’s Gilt. defeated warriors who make it back home are decorated with molten gold poured in intricate patterns across their skin that detail the defeat and the fallen. the burns fade with time, but the cold weight of the metal in their skin is a permanent reminder of what - and who - they lost
disappointed in you, kid
