mertoegasm
2020
8:23
https://vimeo.com/500642336

“mertoegasm” explores the erotic, problematizing the strict codes and rules of that which constitutes as pleasurable. Using the form of a vessel, the feet emerge out of, but also uphold a process of emergence, a cyclical rebirthing of signification generation thus engendering future possibilities of erotic pleasure. The impetus is to resist capture, resist stasis and remain in the through-lines of porosity. How can we decolonize and eradicate the limitations of the erotic, pleasure, and birthing?

This video is in relation to on-going project titled “fantasy footing: imagining the beautiful possibilities of what’s missing” which incorporates another videos, “trips” and a continuous sculptural investigation of bodily depiction, commencing with “miss toes”.

When we move our bodies, the trace is the footprint. What if that footprint was never whole to begin with? fantasy footing takes as its focal point that which is missing. Born with deformed feet, I’ve always considered the toes that are not there, or the connection of tissue to form webbing between the digits, as constant indicators or signs to that which can be imagined. fantasy footing is an on-going project, spanning multiple mediums, theories, and methodological approaches.