BELLA CARDIM

DIS.SEC.TION emerged from a challenging moment in my personal life, when I came to understand that no problem is truly insurmountable if it is faced day by day, slice by slice. In this series, I use dissection as a metaphor for breaking down emotional complexities and approaching feelings that often remain hidden.

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To translate this idea visually, I photographed fruits from both the outside and the inside, presenting the images in transparent acrylic frames divided into slices and layers. Between them, I inserted hidden words, offering brief glimpses into emotions that are usually concealed.

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Like an object carefully dissected to reveal its internal structure, each work moves through the visible surface toward what lies beneath it. The physical fragmentation of the fruit becomes a way of examining emotional experience, suggesting that what appears whole is always composed of multiple, sometimes contradictory layers.

I often use food as an extension of my own body. In DIS.SEC.TION, it becomes a language through which I explore eating, identity, and the emotional conflicts that shape the way I perceive myself.