The Beans series started out as a dream investigation and grew into a material investigation.

During this series of performances, I would a mixture of ancho chili, árbol chili, and guajillo chili, and potato starch over my body. The accompanying paintings were documentation of each performance, capturing the drip patterns of the performances. These performances ultimately became tests of endurance as the timing of the performances increased, and the increased contact with the chili mixture resulted in a residual burn. Through the process of smothering the material over my skin, I had hoped to become hypnotized into believing that the material, itself, was made of beans, and that so was I.

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