To Catch a Mirage (in 21 days)

To Catch a Mirage (in 21 days) (2022), work is a live performance and video installation that explores the body as witness and as a vessel for transformation. a research-informed, mixed media installation centers my body as a data gathering instrument.

The video it studies 21 days in Praia as a temperate, immersive technology for embodied transformation, Reflecting on the 21 days in Praia, Cabo Verde, both works employ the number 21 as the essential algorithm for transformation. In the performance, 21 clay prayer vessels were collaboratively made, uttering 21 phrases. In the video, 21 clips capturing forms of (Cape Verdean) embodiment are layered at 21% opacity.