My work finds its point of view through gender, erotic power, and queer mothering. I strive to lean into the full inter-sections of my experiences and embrace queerness as a disruptive and generative force, not just a predetermined identity. To embody this through dance, performance, and story-sharing, with the goal that the hierarchy between viewer/audience and performer will dissolve and that social connection and consciousness become part of the narrative. When the body is fully engaged with its most profound levels of construction, a performer is fully embodied by its identity and point of view. By merging video art along with performance allows my work to be presented in multiple forms. Showing the video work on a large or small and intimate scale shifts and shapes the viewers' experience and interpretation.

 

My work stages these questions: Who is allowed to fail forward/upward, and who isn't? How deeply do our human experiences resonate in our cells, and how does the process of unlearning, reshaping, or retelling a prescribed existence present itself? And, how can embracing the physical and the spiritual through erotic connection and presence connect us to what is fixed and rich within ourselves?

 

The works of Francesca Woodman, Pina Bausch, Hannah Willkie, Carolee Schneemann, and Ana Mendieta, and the writings of Audre Lorde, Charlette Perkins Gilman, and Amelia Jones have also allowed me to view the history of feminism through art and poetry through the particularized voices. Still, it has provided me with guidance on how I can have my work interact with the world.