Microscopic Monsters: Corey J. Willis

Healthscares: Microscopic Monsters was created before the pandemic. The consumption of carbonated soda leads to obesity and diabetes. Even diet soda is like the worst thing ever for the human body to consume.

Putting a microscope on this issues shows the inequities in healthcare and nutrition in our country. In the last twenty years the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled. Thirty eight percent of American adults suffer from prediabetes… most don’t even know it.

Prediabetes can be reversed through changes in consumption. If no change is made diabetes can leads to eye problems (sight loss), foot problems (amputation), heart attacks and strokes (death), plus others problems like sexual dysfunction.

Artificial Flavors and Colors was the name of one of my prior solo exhibitions in Philadelphia. It connected nutritionally bankruptcy to moral bankruptcy.

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A 2-liter plastic bottle of Kroger Big K strawberry soda with a red label, white cap, and a strawberry image on it.
A 2-liter bottle of grape soda with a purple label and white cap, labeled 'Big K Grape Soda'
A 2-liter bottle of orange soda with a label that says "Kroger Big K orange soda naturally flavored caffeine free," and an orange slice on the label.