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Body Arts: Travelling Ink

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Through conversations with leading tattooists from around the world, this film explores the artistry, philosophy, meaning and history of tattooing at the site of the 2010 London Tattoo Convention.
The film conveys the importance of travelling and the tattoo convention, the commitment of members of the tattoo community to their art, and the challenges they face in reconciling tradition with modernity, and spirituality with mass-appeal.

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At the conclusion of her fieldwork in the mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines, anthropologist Analyn Salvador-Amore filmed an encounter with Hawaiian tattoo practitioner Keone Nunes and a Butbut tattoo practitioner Whang-ud.
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Pitt Rivers Museum
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Udi Mandel Butler
Alan Mandel
Keywords
anthropology
tattoos
body art
pitt rivers
Tattooing
Department: Pitt Rivers Museum
Date Added: 15/08/2011
Duration: 00:25:26

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