Interfering Bodies
2023–ongoing
Although used by over 150 million people worldwide, the IUD can cause serious side effects – ranging from anxiety and depression to dislocation or, in rare cases, death – which are often buried in medical jargon or minimised in consultations. Ariane Mandić uses staged self-portraits and archival research to examine the gap between medical discourse and lived experience. Her work confronts the medical neglect of these complications and calls for greater awareness and accountability.
Wooden Installation with Prints on Aluminium Plates, Research printed on Paper
Bachelor Project created by Ariane Mandić at Camera Arts HSLU DFK
Mentored by Laia Abril
Nomination Advancement Award Design & Kunst / Alumni Hochschule Luzern 2025
Exhibited at
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art, June 2025
2023–ongoing
Although used by over 150 million people worldwide, the IUD can cause serious side effects – ranging from anxiety and depression to dislocation or, in rare cases, death – which are often buried in medical jargon or minimised in consultations. Ariane Mandić uses staged self-portraits and archival research to examine the gap between medical discourse and lived experience. Her work confronts the medical neglect of these complications and calls for greater awareness and accountability.
Wooden Installation with Prints on Aluminium Plates, Research printed on Paper
Bachelor Project created by Ariane Mandić at Camera Arts HSLU DFK
Mentored by Laia Abril
Nomination Advancement Award Design & Kunst / Alumni Hochschule Luzern 2025
Exhibited at
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art, June 2025
Shubeck, F., R. Belsky, T. J. Lardner, W. J. Shack, and P. Y. Tam. Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices: A Compilation of Devices. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971.Chikako Takeshita, The Global Biopolitics of the IUD: How Science Constructs Contraceptive Users and Women‘s Bodies (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2012), 57–59.
Source: Davidson, Sean. „Mum Nearly Bleeds to Death and Can No Longer Have Children after Contraceptive Botch-Up.“ 9News, April 8, 2018. https://www.9news.com.au/national/mirena-device-leaves-shannon-hubbard-almost-dead-sunshine-coast/0160a6ad-2369-411e-835e-348f443a6aa2.
Source: Christopher Tietze and Sarah Lewit (eds.), Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices: Proceedings of the Conference, April 30-May 1, 1962, New York City (Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica Foundation, 1962), 91-97.
“Interfering Bodies” exhibited at HSLU DFK, June 2025
“Interfering Bodies” exhibited at HSLU DFK, June 2025
“Interfering Bodies” exhibited at HSLU DFK, June 2025