Leftover explores the traces left by bodily transformation and the emotional weight that follows the pursuit of an “ideal” body. Produced with a mixture of bioplastic and latex, the translucent surface evokes human skin—imperfect, layered, and marked—reflecting the body’s expansion and contraction through weight change.
The work questions how excess skin after weight loss becomes a visible imprint of social control and judgment on the body. The removal of these layers through surgical intervention is not only a physical operation, but also the beginning of a new cycle of healing and control. For those who choose not to undergo such procedures, living with the body becomes a continuous negotiation shaped by insecurity and the burden of the past.
As feminist theorist Susan Bordo suggests, the body is both deeply personal and intensely cultural. Leftover approaches the body as a site where individual experience and collective pressure become visible. The photographic surface, combined with its translucent material, subtly reflects the viewer, suggesting that the gaze directed at the body is ultimately rooted in society itself.
Leftover becomes a reflection on what remains—on the fragments, the marks, and the persistence of the body. It invites the viewer to reconsider ideals imposed from the past and to confront the process of reclaiming one’s own existence.