There is growing clinical and public awareness of the impact the common condition of endometriosis can have on the lives of sufferers. Women have long faced significant challenges in communicating the experience and reality of the condition to scientists, therapists and clinicians as well as within their everyday networks.

The exhibition, held from 11 September through to end of October 2023, explored communicating endometriosis through different forms of expression and response, including visual arts, music, dance, language and lab science. In this dialogue, we learn more about our bodies, emotions, embodied experiences, and their various understandable signs, fingerprints, or developed artistic expression.

Curated by Susanne Ilschner (ANU School of Medicine and Psychology) and organised in collaboration with John Pratt (ANU School of Art & Design), Christine Phillips (ANU School of Medicine and Psychology) and Fiona Jenkins (ANU Gender Institute and ANU School of Philosophy)

The exhibition was funded by the ANU Gender Institute, with ArtsACT, the Embassy of France in Canberra, the German Embassy Canberra, and the ANU School of Medicine and Psychology. We are also grateful for the participation of the ANU School of Music.