Mika Kimura

London College of Fashion : BA (HONS) Costume, Technical Effects and Make-up for the Performing Arts (Make-up Pathway)

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Artist Statement:
I have a particular interest in prosthetics. Metamorphosing the human figure affords me greater possibilities to express images beyond reality as I am fascinated by appearance bridging the boundary between real and unreal. Therefore, I am very keen to challenge and explore the concept of imaginable unreality.

It was my final work on my degree. For this project, we created own idea on our individual theme, which was developed from a chosen text. I chose ‘Water Babies’, which is an old fairytale, and transferred the world to under water as the stage of my story.
This work meant to look as a form of creatures that may live in somewhere has not been found. They might exist both on the land and in the sea.
I made a prosthetic tail, and a latex skin piece, which attached to the tail also a bold cap to complete the image.

These works showed the co-existence of two personalities within one individual, creating distorted face prosthetic pieces. The challenge was to project a distorted face on to the actual face, so as to express the existence of another personality within the individual.
I made six different distorting foam pieces from which slides were made for the projection. These two photos are taken from a series of the works. They were all applied with a bald-cap and projected on to the face, which was also wearing a bald-cap.

Mika Kimura

London College of Fashion : BA (HONS) Costume, Technical Effects and Make-up for the Performing Arts (Make-up Pathway)