A tattoo is not a Facebook profile though both seek to externalize identity. The tattoo parlor makes spatial the mechanisms of instantaneous community feedback of social networking internet sites.

Divide and conquer Splitting and pivoting the solid volume of the tattoo program forces a exhibitionist procession. Tattooees are paraded in front of party-goers, who inhabit the left-over spaces between solid and the existing storefront

The diagram (slide 1) describes the relationships and activities between the three constituent parts, the parlor, the party, and the website.

Study model (slide 2-3; scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”) examines the relationship between the split volume and the existing store, the difference between which becomes the party.