First-Aid and The Living Anatomy explores an emotional tension between the desire for intimacy and fear of human contact. The project started with a vintage first-aid manual that sat on the bookshelf for around ten years. During the initial Covid-19 lockdown in the Spring of 2020, medical texts and first-aid manuals in my collection sparked new interest. While searching through these instructional books for images of healing and human care, I felt a deep anxiety about the intimacy of the images, particularly the illustrations of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, blood transfusion, and examinations of the body. Looking at these images
of doctor and patient, healer and the sick, their faces close, almost touching, I realized I had developed a fear of closeness, a fear of medical care, and a fear of human breath.
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2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheets, and walnut frame
2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheets, and walnut frame
2022
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archival inkjet print, brass sheet, and artist’s frame
2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheet, and artist’s frame
2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheet, and artist’s frame
2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheets, and artist’s frame
2021
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2021
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2021
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archival inkjet print, perforated aluminum sheet, and artist’s frame
2021
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2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheets, and artist’s frame
2021
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archival inkjet print, brass sheets, and walnut frame
2022
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