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Gut Reaction

The Gut Reaction chair viscerally expresses bulimia's binge and purge cycle. Grotesquely distorted, the full seat and back are bloated by all-consuming emotional and physical
distress. The fleshy patterned upholstery evokes visions of cosmic galaxies or staring
eyes, but actually depicts a varied collection of belly buttons.


Written 'food journals' are common treatment methods for eating disorders. What is your
food journal? Visitor can choose to participate by writing their own private food notes on
candy and bakery wrapping papers, then stuff them into the opening atop the Gut Reaction
chair. If your secret gets caught, push it down with the plunger and watch it release out
the back onto the blue disk. Plunk! It has joined the collective spill of secrets on the floor.


Bulimia and anorexia
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