mindbodyproblem
Multiple things can be true. I can find intense pleasure in my fat and queer body while also dealing with the shame imposed upon me. This project attempts to hold those contradictory facts as simultaneously true, creating a new truth that is both/and/neither. Images of my body, reflections of my stretch marks, echoes of my past/present/future lovers coagulate into chimeric objects and images that sit somewhere between the sublime and the grotesque. Or, put less academically; I love and hate my body, and these messy works attempt to play in that space.
embedding
What materials are associated with the body? How is the body a material itself? These works utilize both my body as well as its residues (fluids, clothing that no longer fits, gestures, etc.) to evoke a sense of the body without relying on legible depictions. Paper works reclaiming cotton clothing into pulp were created during a residency at the Morgan Conservatory.
body as performance
What happens if we abandon the concept of bodies as immutable things? How are our bodies an amalgamation of the experiences, expectations, and projections placed upon us?
