Collage
Offerings to Death
Acrylic paint on canvas, wax, dried flowers, found organic materials (feathers, bones, snakeskins, shells, insects - none harmed)
Video/Performance
re/birth
Through somatic movement, connection with nature, and communion with the elements, I perform an embodiment ritual— that of the cyclic, fluid quality of creation.
Formations of a Diasporic Body
This collaborative project is a laboratory and playground for a collectively imagined pilgrimage across time and space. Through burned etchings onto wood, analog collage, stop motion, words, sounds, movement, projection and performance, we return, as a fragmented collective body of shared lineage, to sacred sites of our ancestral past. Read more.
Svadhyaya: Self Portraiture as Self-Study
Svādhyāya is the Sanskrit word for self-study. It is also one of the niyamas (observances/tenets) of yoga practice. Through introspection, we can gain better understanding of ourselves, of both our conscious and subconscious. This creates room for personal growth and the ability to relate to and understand the external world. The process of self-portraiture is, for me, a process of discovery, play, grief, celebration, prayer, and poetry.
