Skin Exhibition @ The Wellcome Collection

I went to see the skin exhibition and these are a few of my favourite pieces.



Red chalk and pencil drawing, with bodycolour, by C Landseer, 1813



Interlocking Fingers by John Coplands



Photograph 'Xteriors III' by Desiree Dolron



At the end of the exhibition there was a good selection of books, and when flicking through them, I was excited to see something textiles related...heat sensitive wallpaper!



The 'Touch Me' wallpaper by Zane Berzina changes colour as from the heat of your skin.



"I am fascinated by the dermis as a material, sensor, contact organ and medium for non-verbal communications. While our lives are increasingly surrounded with artificial intelligence and digital networks I am interested in the directness of the skin - skin as an analogue system. [...] The Touch Me installation invites visitors to create visual responses through touch and metamorphoses from one state into another."