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Ms. Rottenberg’s interest in cultured pearls helped inspire “NoNoseKnows,” an installation at the Venice Biennale.

As I am starting to form the idea of a surrealist narrative film I was reminded by a work a saw at the 2015 Biennale by Mika Rottenberg. Her video is about a chinese pearl factory but isnt quite what it seems

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I have become increasingly interested in presenting the video like a kind of surrealist narrative. the is partly inspired by the video by Bedwyr William using multi layered video techniques to tell a surrealist narrative. I am also really inspired by the story ‘The hearing Trumpet” which is a magical surrealism story about an old women who cant hear. the world is opened up to her through the use of her hearing trumpet. It made me think of all the online communities and forums for people with chronic illness and how they use online communication to open the world up to them. I think this might be the basis of the narrative

Extract from "Ashes" by Steve McQueen. Installation at the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice, 2015. Video by Anna Battista.

Ashes, (2015), Steve Mcqueen. Love this video as a guide to narrative film making. the images and the audio have a indirect relationship

Joan Jonas, They Come to Us without a Word II, 2015

I am interested in the caustrophbia causes by these layers of images and objects and the frustrated it causes from not being able to see the whole picture. I think this could be a good way depict chronic illness and medication.

Joan Jonas is considered a pioneer of video and performance art. The legendary American artist here offers insight into the creation and themes – such as fem...

Also really into the way Joan Jonas used layers. I would be interested in using layers of video and live objects to create a kind of caustrophobic viewing space

John Akomfrah talks about his practice as a filmmaker, how he navigates between the gallery and cinema, what compelled him to make his 2015 work Vertigo Sea,...

Considering maybe going down a video route making a short docuementary style piece. So been watching some of my fav doc maker John Akomfrah. I like how hes layed sounds a images together

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Yuni Kim Lang’s Comfort Hair (the first featured work) is a large sculptural wig that was inspired by cultures in history that have preserved hair or obsessed about hair as a symbol of status or wealth. See more on our blog.

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I am interested in this idea of the hair being preserved as a symbol of status. It is also a sign of health. people compliment people on having such “healthy hair”. When i was ill my hair was the only natural part of my body i could have. the only area that people could see that wasnt effected by my condition

Atopic dermatitis (AD) and acne vulgaris are among the most‐prevalent skin diseases in children. Both have been well documented in the literature to have significant negative effects on quality of life....

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“Atopic dermatitis (AD) and acne vulgaris are among the most-prevalent skin diseases in children. Both have been well documented in the literature to have significant negative effects on quality of life. Herein, we discuss the results of a comprehensive literature review aimed at assessing the impact of acne and AD on self-esteem and identity. We highlight clinical tools for their assessment and offer coping strategies for patients and families. Multiple factors including relationships with parents and classmates, sports participation, and the sex of the patient contribute to the development of self-esteem and identity in individuals with AD and acne. Atopic dermatitis was found to have significant behavioral effects on children, ultimately resulting in a lack of opportunity to develop proper coping. AD had a more-prominent role in identity formation and gender roles in girls. Acne vulgaris was found to have a more direct effect on self-esteem, self-confidence and identity, especially in girls. The Cutaneous Body Image Scale is reviewed and offered as an easy and reliable tool to evaluate a patient's mental perception of the appearance of their skin. Coping strategies that may be offered to patients and families include empowerment and cognitive adaptation”

• Atopic eczema of infancy and childhood responds readily and predictably to treatment; only a small percentage remains intractable. Lack of therapeutic response in a proportion of these patients can be attributed to dysfunctional parent-child relationships that lead to physical and emotional...

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“ • Atopic eczema of infancy and childhood responds readily and predictably to treatment; only a small percentage remains intractable. Lack of therapeutic response in a proportion of these patients can be attributed to dysfunctional parent-child relationships that lead to physical and emotional developmental arrest. Improvement in parent-child relationships following parental insight into their conflicted feelings permits acceptance of educational recommendations from the physician; it also allows normal development to be resumed and eczema to improve. Eight illustrative cases are reported in which aggressive dermatologic measures were combined with an approach that helped parents recognize conflict and provided education that permitted more appropriate behavioral limit setting. Rapid and sustained improvement in skin, emotional development, and social adjustment resulted. .” I found this article really hard to read but fascinating. Its confirmed to me that im doing this project as a form of catharsis. for me its not the end product, its what i can learn in the process. Its exactly reading articles like this that explain to me what happened.

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Our research consisted in evaluating the interference of the perception of the family unit in families where children have eczema. Helped by a new projective tool and using the children’s drawings of their dream house, we compared 28 drawings of children with eczema to 28 drawings of a normal group. Our results show that the children with eczema depict a significant diminution of individual spaces in their dream homes. This shows a lack of autonomy. The lack of identity landmarks could help explain their eczema.

really interested in this idea of how childhood illness effects at atuonomy of space. I have this idea of my sculpture being very big and self conscious in the space

such Lush hair from Valerie Blass

Interview with Valérie Blass (in French with English subtitles). The exhibition Valérie Blass was presented at the Musée d'art contemporain…

video about Valerie Blass, She talks about making sculptures that represent the place between animal and human. I love her Sculptures using hair. It made me realise that what i want to make is something like a reconstructed version of my identity towards my body. How i see myself and how i have been constructed in terms of health.

#Video about Valerie Blass