Chloe Franchi

Boo Boo Bunny

This piece approaches vulnerability through a quieter and more literal softness. Knees emerging from beneath a dress, marked by a bruise. An intimate site of impact, where the body yields and changes.Within the bruise, two rabbits rest side by side with their forms only suggested by eyes. They exist more as a feeling than a figure, nestled within the discolouration. My work lingers on the damage treating the bruise as a site of tenderness and allowing the body’s capacity to soften

“Like fruit turning under pressure, the skin softens, darkens, and holds the trace of touch. An ode to my childhood ice pack, my boo boo bunny.”