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Hällsten, Johanna (2023) Foxed bodies. [Artwork]
Foxed bodies
2023
handsewn hemp and paper, metal, sound
As part of "Carolee Schneeman's Cats" group exhibition at Blindside, Melbourne, Australia (nov-dec 2023)
Foxed bodies explore the feral nature of our bodies, and in particular my body. A body that is becoming blotched and scared as it ages. Inspired by Carolee Schneemaan’s intimate and messy relationship to bodies, both human and nonhuman this work delves into this during an 8-week period of confinement to one room. Difficult surgery, long coming rendering me immobile, in metal – a body changing, scarring getting stuck, recovery from surgery still ongoing. Just outside, inches away, the fox and her cubs were calling, screaming and crying every night – their calls echoing the pain of the healing and scarring in real time. Our bodies slowly developing, the cubs growing up and moving on, whilst mine becomes mobile again.
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