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Tattoos: Helen Mort & Lou Hopper

Tattooed poet Helen Mort talks to tattooist Lou Hopper about β€œgetting 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 β€œgetting 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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Sat 1 May 2021 14:45
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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