When putting labels on my body, it’s impossible not to use the word obese. There are plenty of words that I embrace so much more than obese. It even sounds wrong. For the longest time I refused to love my body, to embrace the skin I was in. This series reclaims that skin, my body. It explores ideas of the abject. In January 2017, I underwent gastric sleeve surgery. This project has not only become an exploration of comfort and exposure but also transformation.
Fluid Reclamations
Banner of panels of digital prints on chiffon and thread, metal dowel, found brackets, fan
168 in × 60 in x 12 in
2018
Video of Fluid Reclamations
Banner of panels of digital prints on chiffon and thread, metal dowel, found brackets, fan
168 in × 60 in x 12 in
2018
Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
Reclamation 1
2016
Ink on crystal clear film, nails
5 in × 13½ in