ARTIST STATEMENT

“For years, I could not sleep. I would get into bed, but I could not dream. I travelled from New York to the Yucatán Peninsula searching for a way to sleep, to dream, to rest in relationship to my ancestors.

A solitary figure submerged in a body of water. Eyes closed, white sheet, a vulnerable body in a great expanse of water. It is Mexico. I document my durational performances; attempt to dream while submerged in seas, rivers, lakes, and cenotes. I locate my performances in bodies of water, especially cenotes, the site of Mayan rituals. I perform what I wish I dreamt.

When I create these images, I am looking for sensations on my own surface while being exposed to the elements. The water, the sand, animals, I won’t look at them, I just feel. Cold, heat, pain, fear, warmth, pleasure merge through my skin.  The more I get into this process my body and mind will take me to a meditative state. At this place there are no images in my head, just a profound dialog with my body and peace in my soul. I am there.

I am no longer from Mexico or from the United States; I am at home in myself.”

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