In Other People's Skins is inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper. It consists of a large table covered in a white cloth and surrounded by chairs. Projected from above onto the white surface will be life size moving images of hands and arms (12 people) as they take food, break the bread, drink the wine. Visitors to the installation will be free to sit down at one of the 12 chairs and interact with the virtual guests - and to inhabit Other People's Skins.
Initially the virtual diners will be taking a simple 1st century meal of bread, cheese, wine and fruit. After a short time, the content of the images will change. Suddenly we might see an Indian family, a Chinese family, a modern English family or a Nigerian taking a meal. The food on the table, the plates and dishes, the colour of the hands and arms, the clothing and jewellery, all will be transformed so that the visitor finds themselves in a different century, a different world.
The act of eating together, sharing food, is a universal human experience, which crosses all cultural and religious boundaries, and the dinner table is the site where so much human communication takes place. The intention is not to create a piece based in any particular religion - on the contrary, the idea is to transcend religious divides and seek that which unites us.
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