ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork exploits a personal, psychological issue that triggered my eating disorder. The loop of visuals and sound creates a disturbance. Confronting images explore my personal relationship with food. The physical reaction I experienced and the drive to keep up with the changing standards in my life becomes paramount. This resulted in over-eating to prove something to the world. Unfortunately, being fat isn’t trendy. My already dangerous eating habits went in the opposite direction. People didn’t notice, because the change from fat to skinny was an accomplishment rather than a concern. After damaging myself to gain acceptance, I will never feel good enough.
ARTWORK PROCESS
Student wrote own poetry called Wow... You Look Great
A montage of photographs and video of herself, her mother & her sister was used in film
Piano sound composed by student
Student spoke her own poetry throughout