“Pain lacks a perfect history because we love, love, to forget it...
The only thing that can convey the nature of pain is the story that grows up around it,
like a tree trunk or a scar.”
- Marni Jackson& // On Pain
The series &, or On Pain, is an exploration of the psychological and physiological state of experiencing pain. Pain, be it “real”, that is to say physiological, or “imagined”, that is to say psychosomatic, effects all aspects of daily activity and thought. Through a multimedia process that results in work that is photographic, painting, drawing, and installation based, I explore the concept of illness and pain, not as a separate entity tacked onto an individual’s personality, but as an ever-changing part of the self.
