Sarina Lirosi - BEST BEFORE

fortyfivedownstairs

www.sarinalirosi.com

Tuesday 23 August 2011 to Saturday 03 September 2011

Exhibition previously on at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne precinct, Victoria, Australia

The used and discarded soaps in this exhibition are the donations from friends, family, acquaintances and colleagues. Personal soaps that have been used to specifically wash their bodies are donated only at the very point of being considered “expired”. These soaps are covered with fine Polaroid “skins” depicting body fragments. Each piece of soap is identified by its donation date.

This project has emanated from personal experiences with death and illness and is ultimately about the dysfunctional and unpredictable nature of the body.
It is about expendable and expired body parts, and the horror associated with being forced to come to terms with ones mortality. In this context, it also explores notions of repulsion and wretchedness.

These worn down soaps combined with body “bits and pieces” remind me of just how absurd life can become when the human body malfunctions.