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Thesis Studio One – Final Presentation<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Thesis Studio Two – Final Presentation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

My MFA Design and Technology Thesis Project<\/p>\n

PROTOTYPES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a><\/p>\n

Being anorexia is self starvation.<\/p>\n

Anorexia isn\u2019t always \u00a0about food and body weight; it is more about other issues like depression, loneliness, insecurity, pressure to be perfect, or feeling out of control. Food and weight is more of a comfort, something you can control. It\u2019s more of a control thing for me that escalated to a depletion of body image and self worth.<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a><\/p>\n

last semester (Spring 2013) I took Fashionable Technology taught by Sabine Seymour uses the phrase \u201cSkin as Metaphor\u201d as a way of expressing the \u201cbody as the centerpiece to discuss the psychology of interactivity on the body, the historical background, the intertwining of technology, science, and fashion, and precedents in art and fashion\u201d (from the course description of her class)<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been dealing with my disorder for almost 15 years. I\u2019m much better, meaning I eat at least once a day and maintain a weight between 115-120lb. At my worst, I weighed 108lb and would go three days in between meals. I don\u2019t remember being hungry during those three days. I do not remember ever being skinny. In my eyes I have always looked the same: I could afford to lose a few pounds. I still have very bad days–I can\u2019t stand being in my own skin, food making me physically sick, etc. On these days, it take every ounce of willpower I have to walk out the door. I have even waited for subway cars that aren\u2019t full so I won\u2019t be touched by a stranger.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how or why I developed this issue. I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s continuing, but I am at a point where I feel I can start doing something about it. I believe that something is my thesis project. I am not setting out to find a cure for the disorder or shove it in others\u2019 faces that they need to pity me and others. In fact, I want my project to be a positive solution to the topic, a exploratory art therapy project that discusses the body or skin as a metaphor.<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/p>\n

I am approaching my thesis project as skin as metaphor by designing a series of materials that will be an interpretation of \u00a0distorted body image and eating disorders. I want to explore ways of healing from my eating disorder by developing these materials from food that will cover the body, as a second skin.<\/p>\n

VERONICA BLACK<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 2013<\/p>\n

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Thesis Studio One – Final Presentation Thesis Studio Two – Final Presentation My MFA Design and Technology Thesis Project PROTOTYPES Being anorexia is self starvation. Anorexia isn\u2019t always \u00a0about food and body weight; it is more about other issues like depression, loneliness, insecurity, pressure to be perfect, or feeling out of control. Food and weight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1370,"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/1370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/veronicacblack.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}