You Don't Look Sick

From a deeply personal perspective, Vermeeren sheds light on living with an invisible disability

What impact does it have on you, when your own sense of self differs so significantly from what others can see or perceive from the outside?  

In You Don’t Look Sick, Vermeeren explores this question and reflects on her chronic pain and societal assumptions surrounding health and identity. Through photography, video and sculptural work, she contemplates on how she sees herself and how the outside world - which allows little room for deviation and vulnerability - sees her.  

The work invites viewers into her world, creating a space where emotions are welcomed and reflection is invited. In this way, You Don't Look Sick  demonstrates how the normative perspective influences the self-image of people with disabilities - and the urgency of rethinking that perspective.