Date of Award
11-20-2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Constance Thalken - Chair
Second Advisor
Sheldon Schiffer
Third Advisor
Nancy Floyd
Abstract
Binge is a multi-media installation consisting of dangling IV bags looming over a large table of food. Monitors on the table show live online chats about thinness, depression and eating disorders. On the rear wall, interview footage describing the gruesome experiences of the eating disorder sufferer intercut with the newest development of the disease, the online presence. The installation confronts the viewer with the horrible dualities of the disease: discipline and madness, reason and passion, and suffering and indulgence. The work references the philosophic mind/body struggle as well as the grim reality of these afflicted young women.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1062165
Recommended Citation
Hodge, Raegan Nicole, "Binge." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2008.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1062165