Faye O’Brien
‘CONSUME’ is an exploration into topics of female gender performance, performed womanhood and validation. Using self portraiture, I bend and contort my body to communicate the emotional labour that comes with performing for others in exchange for validation, I use my body as the subject to showcase the individual pressures placed on women to conform to societal standards of femininity and desirability. This act is personal and performative, intimate and public and talks about the internalised need for affirmation and working through why I chase this.
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