© Elodie Silberstein, Photo Kent Johnson, Model Rhiannon Bulley
Ningyo lies at the intersection of artistic and medical practice by dealing with Anorexia Nervosa. The installation will be part of Mirrors, an annual charity art exhibition addressing issues of body image within today’s society. For this site specific work, Elodie Silberstein has sought real life stories to create a tableau vivant (living picture), a screening and an intimate diary compiled from testimonies that reflect the complexity and heterogeneity of this mental illness. The model’s poses on the preparatory photographs are inspired by the ambivalent nature of dolls that are trapped in time and present many allegories with pubertal children suffering from anorexia. Elodie’s character expresses the polarity between beauty and death by starkly reminding us that the mortality rate of eating disorders is between 10-20% in Australia. This work is dedicated to Catena Di Mauro who died in February 2009 after a nine year battle against anorexia. Elodie Silberstein – More info.
Mirrors is open for artwork submission. To participate, please visit Mirrorsexhibition.wordpress.com Mirror is, supported by Yen Magazine and is the initiative of Rhiannon Bulley, a young woman in recovery from Anorexia Nervosa. All profits from the sale of nominated art works will go towards supporting The Butterfly Foundation.
