CHAINED
Artist: Alexandria Zlatar
Curator: Alexandria Zlatar and OFAM
Start: 29 August 2020
End: 26 September 2020
Status: Temporary
Format: Video
Alexandria Zlatar is a Canadian artist currently persuing her Doctorate of Creative Arts with the University of Southern Queensland. She has been involved in many exhibition creations and has had personal work shown globally. Additionally, she has worked on many curation projects. Exploring art making as a methodology that suggests the human condition is more complex then it is currently understood, she examines, instigates and provokes notions of the individual experience through specifically focusing on philosophical discourse, body image, embodiment, animals and ethics through the contemporary art lens. She is continuously interpreting. Her desire to communicate and facilitate the theoretical concepts of art is highly valuable to her and, through her practice, she strives to make a difference in society.
Site: https://ally.pb.studio/
Contact: allyzlatar@gmail.com
The Exhibition Overview_ Chained
"There is power within the un-well body". Alexandria Zlatar
During these tough times I have found my internal struggle with myself and wellness. Words at times can not explain how much food has an influence and, every day, every hour, is consumed by thoughts of food, calories, the taste of foods, where to buy food, where to eat it, how to eat it and how to avoid it. It is apparent to me, that not everyone can understand how deeply this consumes my existence. This exhibition examines the reality of the disease. Watching food videos, looking at food magazines, walking by cafes and reading restaurant menus to almost imagine the hope, the longing and the deprivation of the foods you enjoy. My head was filled with the dreams of indulging on cake and sweets, but the restriction and deprivation made me miserable. The sadness and the void are present. The work depicts the control and the self hatred behind denying myself the foods I truely wanted. Although eating food is pleasurable to most, it is almost magical for those with eating disorders. It can allow you to dissaociate and temporaily suspend you from reality. Food can help you forget about your problems, and solely escape the confides of reality.
Alexandria Zlatar
This exhibition ended on 26 September 2020. More exhibitions at OFAM.
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