embracing all of m(e)

performance, 2019

Embracing all of m(e) was a birth — an exercise in freeing myself.

Featuring a projection that revisits voice box, which was made congruently with the ideation process of this performance, I lay at first fastened to the ground inside the projected space. Water was poured over my covered face and forced me to get myself out of the tape quickly so I could breathe. I struggled with the force of the adhesive to break free each limb and eventually feel my own body and the sand surrounding me.

I gave birth to myself again.