The Rot and the Raw Embroidery
project description
"’The rot and the raw’ refers to the experiences and memories we hold in our bodies and how they continue to affect us. Some remain fresh like the day they occurred, when poked or prodded they sting just the same. Simultaneously, the others sit in your body to fester. They may not sting like the raw parts but linger in the background and ache just the same. The rot and the raw exist in a person's body as they can in a piece of fruit. Using fruit as a metaphor for the body highlights these similarities and creates a visceral and physical entity for consuming one another during these shared experiences, and allowing yourself to be vulnerable enough to be consumed."
This exhibition consisted of photography and hand-embroidered works. The hand-embroidered works were naturally dyed using fruit, and the photography displays fruit in different stages of decay.
