Scanner, electronic tattoos and Philips Design
June 27th, 2008 by Dave Allen
Scanner, the UK-based experimental music artist aka Robin Rimbaud, has partnered with electronics company, Philips, in a short film.
Tattoos and physical mutilation are amongst the oldest forms of personal expression and identity. Subcultures have used tattoos as a form of self representation; a visual language communicating personality and status. Philips Design examined the growing trend of extreme body adornment like tattoos, piercing, implants and scarring . The Electronics Tattoo film expresses the visual power of sensitive technology applied to the human body. The film subtly leads the viewer through the simultaneous emotional and aesthetic transformations between two lovers.