Tattoos: Helen Mort & Lou Hopper
Tattooed poet Helen Mort talks to tattooist Lou Hopper about “getting inked”, in which the body is a canvas for tattoos. Why do it? What are the responses of people to tattoos?
Tattooed poet Helen Mort talks to Tattooist Lou Hopper about “getting inked”. In the first of two programmes about body modifications, Helen explores the body as a canvas and tattoos as an art form. Why do people choose to decorate their skin with tattoos? How do they make the wearer feel? What responses do tattoos evoke ? Are tattoos a way of projecting our personality? What do visual modifications reveal about an individual? Producer Sarah Blunt
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- Tue 1 Sep 202009:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 1 May 202114:45BBC Radio 4
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