abscess
2001, 10 minutes

ABSCESS is an experimental video about post-surgical complications of a breast reduction surgery. A compilation of found medical footage, personal narratives, and images of the underground (under water and inside the cellular body), creates a sense of being contained and not contained at once. Just as an abscess causes skin to open and close as it tries to push itself out of the body. ABSCESS asks questions about feeling at home in one's body.

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