Holly Bradshaw
Caulfield Grammar School, East St Kilda
Holly Bradshaw
from the Australia today series 2006 (detail)
inkjet print
94.0 x 60.5 cm
Caulfield Grammar School, East St Kilda
The aim of ‘Australia Today’ was to confront the viewer with the prevalence of eating disorders, obesity and anorexia. My work highlights this burden of disease in Australia using statistics and images. Although the piece is divided into three separate panels, the numbers, which may at first seem miscellaneous, become unified when read horizontally. In the first row the digits indicate three strata groups, the number of males, homosexuals and females respectively. The second and third rows display the large number of people suffering from obesity and anorexia in Australia. Furthermore, my piece challenges the audience to question why these statistics are of this magnitude. Is it because we live in a superficial society demanding perfection? Has our culture accepted a sedentary lifestyle?
from the Australia today series 2006 (detail)
inkjet print
94.0 x 60.5 cm
Caulfield Grammar School, East St Kilda
The aim of ‘Australia Today’ was to confront the viewer with the prevalence of eating disorders, obesity and anorexia. My work highlights this burden of disease in Australia using statistics and images. Although the piece is divided into three separate panels, the numbers, which may at first seem miscellaneous, become unified when read horizontally. In the first row the digits indicate three strata groups, the number of males, homosexuals and females respectively. The second and third rows display the large number of people suffering from obesity and anorexia in Australia. Furthermore, my piece challenges the audience to question why these statistics are of this magnitude. Is it because we live in a superficial society demanding perfection? Has our culture accepted a sedentary lifestyle?
