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FILIPE CORTEZ
7.11 — 31.01
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ACERVO - CONTEMPORARY ART
RUA DO MACHADINHO 1, LISBON
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The understanding of skin in its relationship with the body - conditioned by an anthropocentric representation - has established elasticity as a primary characteristic of a development paired with that of the rest of the organism and adjustable to the shape of that body. There is therefore a formulation of the notion of skin as a definer of identity, as an element dependent on its continued relationship with the body. In some animals, however, the relationship with the "skin" is …