Don't Leave Me Hanging

Don't Leave Me Hanging portrays an imaginary landscape of pills that are suspended in various states of dissolution, encapsulating people’s desperate efforts to connect, belong, and not be left there, hanging. Yesum Yoon’s research dives into the contemporary use of over-the-counter and nutraceutical pills, particularly into how the pills’ values and promises may significantly affect behaviours and lifestyles more than the medicinal qualities affect bodies. People desperate to live the ultimate life take over-the-counter medications for quick relief and daily nutraceuticals to enhance health and achieve the perfect balance. Through the choice of these empty promises, they hang, neither dead nor alive, in a state of near-burnout.