Imbalance - 2014

In Prune's Imbalance series, the artist re-appopriates tools traditionally used to balance the body flow such as acupuncture needles and suction cups. Instead of conveying healing, these tools are used to suggest illness or threat in the resulting sculptures.

In the Imbalance series, Prune Nourry draws her inspiration from Chinese philosophy, at the heart of which is the quest for equilibrium. Contrasting this principle with contemporary disequilibrium (demographic and ecological), she uses tools and objects of Chinese traditional medicine, such as acupuncture needles or suction cups. The way they are used however, which differs from their original function, invites viewers to reinterpret them.