This body of work culminating in my thesis has been about turning the camera and viewership on myself, rather than taking comfort behind a lens, and thinking about the universal experiences we share even if my work comes from a very personal place.  I often think about our private spaces and the different ways we present them (as well as ourselves) depending on who we interact with.  

In this performance I created a room in a gallery with saran wrap walls and placed personal objects inside which I used during the two-hour duration of the piece.  Once I entered my space I stripped as I would have privately and did what I would normally do during that time - ate a snack, watched tv, graded my students' work, etc.  I did not interact with anyone directly but did use social media and answered e-mails.  Once time was winding down I began to redress as though I had an appointment outside my space and was preparing for it (the appointment being the end of the piece).

After the performance I saved the saran wrap walls which now acted as a sort of fabric to create Self Portrait Post Mortem. This sculptural installation included shattered, mirrored glass that filled the saran wrapped (body) which eventually started to break through the saran wrap and fall to the ground.  Additionally I stacked more shattered, mirrored glass beneath the body on the floor.

Many thanks to Maggie A. Snyder for providing photographs of the performance.