bare flesh, bare wounds, dismembered 2022
performance
4-6 min
Because of the nature of the performance,
photographic documentation is limited as
this was meant to be experienced in that
fleeting moment, and documentation would
have been intrusive.
The moment remains within the memory of the
audience and in the memory of the clay,
which was then dried, recycled and reuse
Spoken word extract:
[... thick and velvety
I felt its embrace
bare flesh, bare wounds, dismembered.
comfortably disoriented I thought
comfort able.
rebellious clay
“slow, gentle, salient like oil”
from it all things can flow
all things
must flow,
continual birth
I kneel in front and feed her water.
maternal waters
of continuous birth
the nameless waters know all my secrets
I leave it all behind.
How much of her is an extension of
my mind.
maternal waters of continuous birth
enough earth, enough water
one drop can germinate,
one drop can
dissolve.
A tear
maternal waters
of continuous birth
I have been holding my breath.
I have been holding it in .
As I tore myself,
A tear fell down my cheek.
Acidic.
tear
the inner wall, crack,
the outside body
in clay I re-membered my self...]