OPTIMIZED DESIRE. FOUR MONITORS AND ONE POST-HUMAN FLOWER
THIS SERIES OF PERFORMANCES EXPLORES HOW WAR, TECHNOLOGY, AND MEDIA RESHAPE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. USING THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF BEAUTY CULTURE, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SURVEILLANCE, THE WORKS PLACE THE BODY IN CONFRONTATION WITH DRONES, FRAGMENTED LANGUAGE, AND BULLETS, SYMBOLS OF BOTH POWER AND VULNERABILITY. MOVING BETWEEN INTIMACY AND VIOLENCE, HUMOR AND DISCOMFORT, THE PERFORMANCES QUESTION HOW EMPATHY SURVIVES IN A WORLD WHERE SUFFERING IS INCREASINGLY MEDIATED, CONSUMED, AND TRANSFORMED INTO SPECTACLE.