Preserve/Soothe, 2019

Preservation 1/2, Video Performance, 2019

Preserve/Soothe considers the anxieties produced from having undergone a surgery to remove a benign mass; a ball, the size of a plum, from my hip. Through this removal and my processing of this surgery, I confronted my own corporeality and mortality. I did this through recounting a story my friend Sadie told me; she spoke of someone consuming their grief by holding a ball of snow while nude against their bare skin, numbing and soothing them like anesthesia.

Crescent Moon, Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Nude, Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Ball (1), Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Snow, Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Shadow, Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Nude with Scar, Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Ball (2), Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Ball (3), Silver Gelatin Print, 2019

Preservation 2/2, Video Performance, 2019