Room for Improvement by Caren Garfen

This artwork was inspired by a 2017 Channel 4 documentary

‘Wasting Away’. Journalist Mark Austin stated that “there are just

202 NHS beds in the whole of the UK for young people with eating

disorders”, as against 1.2 million sufferers. In line with CTRL/Shift,

Caren Garfen has relinquished control by leaving some of her 202

dolls house beds untouched. These became pauses in the stitched

dialogue, giving the viewer space to meditate on the devastating

effects of eating disorders.

 

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