Emmanuelle Rapin
The Thrill Meter
2022

Copper plate hammered with nail, 168 x 40

You attract her and you refuse her at the same time. You hold out your hand to her, saying: Don’t touch me Touching the skin causes the down to bristle and transmits a shivering current to the epidermis. In the same way, the less pleasant sensation of cold make sone shiver. A copper plate tofit a human body. Copper has an excellent electrical conductivity, which allows it to quickly transmit shivers to the skin. A body placed against the plate would cause the oxidation of copper. Oxidation is a reaction of the metal to protect its surface from further destructive corrosion. The plate blazes according to the angle of reflection of the light and blindsthe viewer while sending back a blurred reflection. The Thrill Meter reflectsand measures the ambivalence of desire.
* Eugenio d’Ors in Du Baroque (1935) on the subject of the Correggio painting Noli me tangere (circa 1525) featuring Mary Magdalene with an ecstatic gaze.

€ 8000.-