Love in a Colder Climate, 2019

 

Chapter 1: The Exorcist. A performative video in which I dripped wax from a sex candle on my hand as the camera recorded the action and my reaction. While the hot wax on my skin was only mildly painful, I was interested in using the physical sensation to draw out emotional pain.

 
 

Chapter 2: Love in a Colder Climate. Stalactites formed as the wax dripped through my fingers and the incidental sculptural forms became the subject of my photographs.

 
 

Chapter 3: Souvenirs from the Moon. The nub of the candle and a piece of wax that I pulled off my fingers are material records. I cast them in silver plated bronze and set on a block of lava rock.