A photography from my portfolio “A State Of Bared” is published in
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// Issue 70 - The Fragmented Body //
The body has never been singular. It is divided by memory, shaped by technology, marked by labour, gendered by language, racialised by history, politicised by borders, and dispersed across digital and physical realities. It is whole and broken at once.
The Fragmented Body seeks to examine: The body as archive — scars, memories, inherited histories Dislocation, exile, and displacement Medical, mechanical, or digital intervention Prosthetics, avatars, extensions, and simulations Surveillance and the commodified body Psychological fragmentation and multiplicity The body in pieces: symbolic, literal, metaphorical We welcome interpretations that are poetic, political, intimate, speculative, or confrontational.Haus-a-rest is an independent zine dedicated to showcasing creative voices across the globe.
Editors Jenna Fox and Nicola Rodgers (Reading, UK)
About the work: Fragmented Cocoon
Psychological fragmentation and multiplicity A Changed Perception of the World and the Fragmentation of My Mind and Body Through personal struggles with chronic mental health conditions (including neurodivergence) and hearing problems (auditory processing disorder (APD)), I began to build, or rather create, a kind of cocoon. To protect and shield my body and mind, which had been fragmented by my impairments. But also to protect myself and my social environment. I often feel as if my mind and body are falling apart. I can't see, hear, speak, walk, or move. That should actually be the cocoon's second function: to hold my mind and body together. But lately, even the cocoon has often been disintegrating.
