Reinterpretation

Unfortunately, my reinterpretation project will not upload to the blog (so it will be shown in class?).  However, in spite of this, I would like to explain my project instead.  Originally the work I chose to reinterpret was a sculptural piece that I made back in first year.  I posted a photo of the piece onto the blog previously however an explanation is needed for further understanding.
             In the original sculpture it is a casted molding of a girls body and face, she is hunched over with one arm extended and the other grabbing at her skin, peeling it away.  At the time, the piece spoke to the ideas of identity, self-perception and sort of to the topic of beauty.  As this ‘girl’ peels away at her skin, it is as if she is peeling away at herself physically and emotionally.  The things that she dislikes about herself or the words in which stick to her end up causing her to literally wanting to get out of her own skin.
             For the reinterpreted art piece created for the class, I have turned it into a performative video piece where I have put myself in the place where the girl originally was.  In doing this, I put myself in the position to feel what it is like to be peeling away at myself.  With extreme discipline, I peel away at myself; as I do this, a new self-awareness is brought about, through the pain experienced a new sense of calm and control is reached by the end of the piece. 
             As an artwork is reinterpreted, so are the original meanings in it.  Where the original piece was read in more of a superficial tone, the interpretation of it touches upon the ideas of self-awareness as well as the threshold of pain that the human body or in this case, myself can endure with complete silence and discipline.