durational performance, February 11, 2011

Matrilineage Symposium, Spark Contemporary Art Space

Edible rice paper becomes my casting material. My gestures are gentle as I carefully dip, ring, and apply the rice paper onto my face. Layer upon layer, I conceal my Vietnamese face: my flat nose, my yellow skin, and my chinky eyes. I become white. I become hidden. My body becomes more feminine as I take poses evocative of Odalisque.