London-based tattooist Eli and Polish-born tattooist Adam Curly share their respective heavy blackwork journeys.
The 4th wall is a theatre term for the invisible wall between performers and the audience. When performers speak directly to the audience it’s considered breaking the 4th wall. As the sociologist Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy suggests, we are constantly performing our identities. The interviews on this page were an attempt to enquire beyond the performativity of self.
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London-based tattooist Eli and Polish-born tattooist Adam Curly share their respective heavy blackwork journeys.
I spoke to participants of Brutal Black about why they chose to engage with amplified tattoo pain.