The Rabarama Skin Art Festival (abbreviated: RSAF) is an international festival dedicated to the promotion of artistic
body painting
Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or "h ...
, in the form known as "Skin Art".
Begun in 2014, the festival is held every year in Italy from May to October, with selections in various Italian cities. The final event was held in
Merano
Merano (, , ) or Meran () is a city and ''comune'' in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Generally best known for its spa resorts, it is located within a basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier V ...
(BZ) in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The festival is supported by a brand leader in professional cosmetics, by the artist
Rabarama
Rabarama, pseudonym of Paola Epifani, (born August 22, 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist.
Artistic practice
Rabarama creates sculptures and paintings of men, women and hybrid creatures, often in eccentric poses.
The skins of her subjects ...
, and by various Italian municipalities. The international media partner is the body painting magazine "Skin MarkZ" (USA).
During year 2017, the festival started to create 3D scans of the body art works to create a virtual "Museum of Skin Art".
The concept of "Skin Art" for the RSAF
The term "skin art" refers to a global and living art work made of body art, make-up,
SFX, stage performance, video and music, with a strong message about issues related to the concept of “body”. The concept derives from the "Skin Art Manifesto",
[ which states: "The omologation, the transformation of living beings in things and destruction on a global scale of nature are prevailing. Even if efforts are made to conceptualize and speculate about this, we have already started to feel it on our bodies."
]
Events and actions related to the RSAF
During the 2015 edition of the IDAHOBIT: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the RSAF staged some flash happenings in public places in Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
and Catanzaro
Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its p ...
with painted models, to support the event.
In 2017, the RSAF partnered with the Venice International Tattoo Convention
A tattoo convention is a meeting and exhibition for tattoo practitioners and enthusiasts from different shops & areas, as well as anyone who wishes to see the world of tattooing up close.
History
The first world tattoo convention was held by Ly ...
, to bring the "skin art" on the stage, with a live performance.
See also
* body art
Body art is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. Body art covers a wide spectrum including tattoos, body piercings, scarification, and body painting. Body art may include performance art, body art is likewise utilized for investiga ...
* body painting
Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or "h ...
* World Bodypainting Festival
The World Bodypainting Festival is a bodypainting festival and competition which is held annually in Austria, since 2017 in Klagenfurt. It is attended by artists from 50 nations and attracts many thousands of spectators.
Festival
The World Bo ...
References
External links
official website
Body art
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