Eating Disorder

‘Soul’ ©taieseid.com 2017

‘Lost’ ©taieseid.com 2017

‘Felt’ ©taieseid.com 2017

“TAIESEID: A Multi-media and oft (accidentally) installation artist with a working practise on mental health, specifically with an autobiographical focus on anorexia and borderline personality disorder.

A recent Fine Art graduate from Liverpool School of Art and Design, I have just undertaken my first international residency at Arts, Letters & Numbers in New York, USA.

I am also a recovering anorexic and bulimic, and current sufferer of borderline personality disorder, anxiety and depression. I have spent large portions of my life in inpatient mental health facilities and my practise focuses on mental health and, mostly, anorexia.”

See more at http://taieseid.com.

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“I created the installation ‘Heterotopia’, which focuses on anorexia and the in-between living. It is a sound and film interactive piece, which consists of a 3/5 sided space panelled with reflective silver materials and a ‘squishy floor’.

The film and audio is 9 minutes long, with a 5 min gap between rolls to allow people to explore the squishy floor become ‘comfortable’ before the piece starts. Size wise, it is perhaps the end of a room or even a corridor would work so long as the floor and back wall and ceiling could be completely covered and the two sides left blank for reflections.

Below are some stills from a recent showing of Heterotopia at the Tertium Quid exhibition at the Arts, Letters & Numbers Institute in NY. “

If any of you readers with a suitable space out there think Heterotopia might be appropriate for your programme, please contact Taieseid via her website.

‘Heterotopia’ ©taieseid.com 2017

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Nuo Liu is an illustrator and artist (hurrah, like me!) from California. I’m really glad to receive a submission from her as she has lived with an eating disorder and I would really like to help others get their voice heard about just what it is like living with an eating disorder. Eating disorders are often badly misunderstood and the actions of those suffering from eating disorders are usually misinterpreted. Eating disorders, whether it’s Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Over-eating or EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified), are crippling, mentally exhausting conditions and your heart should go out to sufferers. And please don’t think it’s ever a case of eating more or less. It’s really not.

“After going through depression and dealing with an eating disorder, I have been able to use art to capture my thoughts in a healthy way. This drawing expresses what went on in my head when I was struggling with Anorexia. These type of thoughts still occur once in a while, but that is when I truly fight to forget them and do something positive such as art. Seeing a counselor and seeking accountability has also been a great tribute to my recovery. I hope to inspire others to do the same. I am an artist from Los Angeles and you can see more of my drawings at www.seedsketch.com.”