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.
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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
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Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
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Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
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Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
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Reclamation 2
2017
Digital print on chiffon fabric
36 x 24 in
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Reclamation 1
2016
Ink on crystal clear film, nails
5 in × 13½ in