A Healing Path for Phantom Pain

Kiluanji Kia Henda
A Healing Path for Phantom Pain, 2022
Clay
Variable Dimensions

A Healing Path for Phantom Pain is a clay sculpture based on rehabilitation apparatus used by patients at the Neves Bendinha Orthopaedic Centre. The work reflects on processes of healing and recuperation. The sculpture functions as a model for Kia Henda’s plans to replicate a lifesize rehabilitation apparatus, using sand. For the artist, both materials of sand and clay contain fragility and have a connection to healing pains of the past