Auto/Pathographies: Re-constructing Identity through Representations of Illness
No More Potlucks, Jan. 2010, no. 7
This article reviews the many photographic, video and performance artworks included in the exhibition Auto/pathographies, which investigates the topic of illness and self-representation. All the artworks are auto-biographical in nature, and show the artists' own struggles with living with and conceptualizing their illnesses. Some of these works also investigate the gender politics of some illnesses, such as breast cancer, the politics of the medical industry, and question the idea of healthy and normal bodies.
ITEM 2010.088 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Final Project – Jo Spence
The Final Project – Terry Dennett
Cancer Sisters – Jo Spence
Empathographies – Christina Lammer
Imag(in)ed Malady – Tina Takemoto
Imag(in)ed Malady – Angela Ellesworth
Arm's Length – Tina Takemoto
Arm's Length – Angela Ellesworth
Caffeine and Carotene – Tina Takemoto
Caffeine and Carotene – Angela Ellesworth
Mille Excuses (So Sorry/ Es tut mir Leid) – Carl Bouchard
Headstrong All the Way Round – Chantal DuPont