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SOCIAL WORK – interview with Sarah Berners |
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 Who is the best teacher you have ever had?
Sarah Berners: My Grade 4 gymnastics coach. She rewarded her protegees with cheeseburger vouchers. Premium athleticism ensued.
Which member of your family influenced you the most?
SB: My grandmother. When i was four years old she put my Cabbage Patch Kid in the incinerator. Trauma.
How similar are your political beliefs to those of your family?
SB: I know very little of the politics.
Have you ever been lost?
SB: I am often lost. Unfortunately I have inherited an absolute inability to read maps.
What do you hope for?
SB: Negronis on the beach... the sooner the better.
What is stopping you?
SB: My medial meniscus.
 Sarah, BERNERS, Garment Body No.1 2010, c-type print, 100 x 150 cm.
If I asked your partner what you were good at what do you think he/she might say?
SB: Horse bites.
What beliefs do you have that you think will never change?
SB: Everything in moderation. Including moderation.
Do you think it’s okay to lie?
SB: Potentially.
Do you believe in the supernatural?
SB: Indeed! I spent two years at university masquerading as a witch, rubbery mole infested nose and spindly digits – check.
Do you have a clear description of any part of your life you wish to change?
SB: The part that procrastinates... perpetually.
Have you ever come close to dying?
SB: When I was about 20 years old I choked on a lamb backstrap at a restaurant. Luckily my boyfriend aided me in its rather terrifying dislodging. I felt like I was underwater.
Is there any such thing as satisfaction?
SB: Of course! But only in fleeting forms.
 Sarah Berners, Garment Body No.2 2010, c-type print, 100 x 150 cm.
The Garment-Body, in association with the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, showing at Bus Projects, 117 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne. Opening Night Tuesday 2 March, 6-8pm. Until 18 March 2010. |
