In 1975, McGill Pain Questionnaire categorized pain language in 20 groups including aspects such as "temporal", "spatial", "thermal", "fear", etc..... Read More
In 1975, McGill Pain Questionnaire categorized pain language in 20 groups including aspects such as "temporal", "spatial", "thermal", "fear", etc.. In 2020, IASP updated the definition of pain, "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage", for the first time since 1979. Crying Wolf is an ongoing multi-disciplinary research project into pain's true representation. Derived from my research and personal experience with chronic pain, my material experimental sculpture focus on the juxtaposition between softness and firmness. By using wax dipped cotton, the seeming soft white fabric becomes hard and cold to the touch. Prompting one to question, does the pain of restraint comes from the "firmness" of the steel or the "softness" of the cotton?