In the Dark: HPV
In 2021, Phoebe Wingrove was diagnosed with HPV and developed abnormal cells, when she received her results of having CIN 2, she felt the need to make images to make sense of the experience. After some initial research and understanding of this pathology, Wingrove learned that her close friend also went through the same process. Medical history has demonstrated that women’s bodies have been repeatedly overlooked and wrongly diagnosed. Incited by this lack of universal awareness, this ongoing series aims to ethically visualise women’s health and make viewers aware of the emotional and mental strain caused by it.
The exhibition In the Dark showcases abstracted images of the artist and artist’s friend’s HPV experience inclusive of cervical scans taken during their colposcopy. People are invited to embody and witness the (in)visibility of virus using the source of all photography: light, and the lack of thereof.
Peering through the lens of HPV’s invisibility
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“A real sense of isolation, vulnerability and danger. A poetic but clear sense of the impact HPV can have.”
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“It led me to think about my own body and the experiences I have had where I haven’t been felt or needed.”
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