I wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs.
OrlanBeing a narcissist isn't easy when the question is not of loving your own image, but of recreating the self through deliberate acts of alienation.
OrlanBeauty is the product of the dominant ideology. (Thus when ideology changes, the ideal body follows.) We can see that in the history of art.
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