The overabundance of medication pharmaceuticals makes us let us consider of “absence”, which is at the other end of thisspectrum. This “absence” ” ” is about not being able to obtain necessarily medic ation in an i ne tha t is in a need of emergency situation. In one of the exhibition space at Mizuma Art Gallery , Jeanne Susplugas covered the entire wall and floor with various empty pillboxes that areused in Japanese hospitals. In order to walk go through the exhibition room, audiences had to step on the collection of empty boxes. This installation piece is quite different from a a standard installation work as it r Reconfigure s ing the space and present s ing the whole space as one piece of artwork . , this installation works is different from a normal installation work. There is no administered consideration to put an order to its composition. There are only overwhelming amount of empty pill boxes that indicate how much there are is medication that are unfamiliar medicine medicineand its incomprehensibleunknown usage to the general public, which has been consumed and disposed as empty boxes. The audience who steps into this installation will find oneself surrounded by numerous empty boxes of medication. This makes us confront with an aspect of our present medical system that provide great amount of medication administration. Th e is effect created by the quantity of empty pillboxes is what was important for the artist. And we must not forget that on the extreme opposite there is a region in the world where lack absence of medic ation ine is pressing reality. felt want reality.
In a thesociety where stimulation its liveliness is maintained provided by urging mass consumption, medication pharmaceuticals itself exercise s packaging that arouse orientation to consum ption e. Differentiation made by naming and designs . as its device This can especially be said in commercially sold medication. pharmaceuticals. Not only packaging but form s and colors of medic ation ine itself tries to be seductive. This point is what Jeanne Susplugas indicates through her photographic work. Similarly to wha t she t see did in her installation work with the quantit y ies of medic ation ine, here again she brings a case to one kind of hyperbole. She is enlarging pills and capsules to a monumental size, making it seems as though it is an abstract sculpture or an object. She states “Medication “Pharmaceuticals has become part of our everyday lives. We sneak it redolent in our bag s or bring it to ourvacation, and we consume t akes it without any hesitation. Medication Pharmaceuticals may be pretty and attractive like a candy however, its misusage can be terribly dangerous. What I wanted to evoke was is a such bilateral character of medicine.” A video work with an endlessly repeating scene of a boy taking medicine was also shown in the exhibition at Mizuma Art Gallery .
The reason why she is attached to medicine is because being from a family with close relationships with medicine it is something she always was always acquainted to. , as she is from a family who has close relationship with medicine. Medication was t For her, it he a most familiar commercial product in consumer society for her. In this society, even medication must present a seductive gesture. Jeanne Susplugas let us realize that and even pharmaceutical is required to present a seductive gesture in this present society, simultaneously make from thence leading us to think consider such social problem together with a question of what it means is to be attractive in our time.
Medicine cannot be is not just attractive on its exterior . surface, It there is also a great importan t ce that it also has an effect that bear s potency of danger. On the other hand, art may not have a utilitarian function, but it is not just about appearance and sensuous stimuli. Although may be this is not necessary to be said here.

“La Maison Malade” 2003, was exhibited at Jeanne Susplugas Exhibition “Hypoconderiaque” at Mizuma Art Gallery from 26 Feb – 22 March, 2003

Le Moniteur des Pharmacies, Cahhier 1 du n° 2403 du 16 juin 2001, p. 17

“Kunstantin” DVD (1.30min.), 2003