I have now finilized my idea of how I want to present this project when I have received all the wonderful symbolic skins! The idea is to make an exhibition where the different skins have been sown together in ten different mantles. I have chosen the shape of mantles, since I feel that it is a garment that carries a lot of symbolic meaning:
Magicians have their magic mantles, kings of days past wore mantles symbolizing their powers, in fairytales we find mantles that can make their carrier invisible, Superman has a mantle as a part of the costume that is meant to show his strength, fysical invulnerability and superhuman powers.
The purpose is that the mantles together with the written words and stories will give a sence of how we all carry this potential vulnerability, but also the courage and force to protect ourselves, face up to challenging situations and create something positive out of this vulnerability. Putting the different skins together in a larger whole shows how we all belong together, and also that through realizing this we become stronger and more secure, together - humanity being a unity rather than a number of separated individuals.
