Alternative Anatomy with Artist Christa Donner

“Alternative Anatomy” explored how people think about their bodies in terms of health and illness, injury and disability, beauty and body image. To investigate this idea, we wrote, collaged, and collected stories from people in the community. Two final works are the result: a small-press magazine containing interviews, artwork and essays; and a series of photographs and “wearable” drawings translated from sensations we can feel but can’t usually see.

Copies of “Translucent Transformation” are in the collections of numerous libraries and public archives of small-press materials across the world, including:

• Salt Lake City Public Library’s Zine Collection, Salt Lake City, UT
• The Denver Zine Library, Denver, CO
• Books for Bums (homeless literacy outreach), St. Louis, MO
• Community Arts & Media Project. St. Louis, MO
• De Paul University Library’s Zine Archive, Chicago, IL
• Napartheid’s Fanzinoteka, Pais Vasco, SPAIN
• Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD
• Pond Zine Archive, San Francisco, CA
• The Wisconsin Historical Society’s Zine Archive, Madison, WI
• Misfit Theatre Zine Library in Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

Student Artist
Erik Hoff, Woodstock
McHenry County College

Angel Cress, Lake in the Hills
Margaret Eigenfeld, Woodstock
Daniel Heflin, Lake in the Hills
Betsy Melchers, Algonquin
Jack Moore, Cary
Kristine Seeley, McHenry