Rita Lino / Replica collage headed towards the convulsing horizon

headed towards the convulsing horizon in the distance

almost like a machine

direct and very spontaneous way

a kind of persistence and eagerness to exhaust all possibilities that does not exist in the wholly innocent play of a child

A game where she challenges herself as well as the viewer

Rita Lino / Replica collage headed towards the convulsing horizonReplica suggest a new reading of the body and the model as a pure image, a pure tool, without referring to any representative identity, hereby ignoring todays contemporary society of what the self should be. Lino refers strongly to American mid century photographer William Mortensen, who states that a body is simply considered to be a machine that needs adjustments. According to Mortensen the body must be the basis, representation of personality and