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Self-Mummification was first performed as a durational performance for a small gathering at Concordia University and then again at Eco-Musee des Beaux Arts for Art Matters Festival in 2020 (undocumented).
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This action relates to the experience of introversion and acute self-awareness that arises from the dynamic between performer and audience member.
By weaving a cotton cocoon around themselves using thread and a bedsheet, the performer is protected from the gaze of those watching them- and is free to benefit from the metamorphosis that can occur during calm private contemplation with one's self.
The cocoon is also a motif for death - particularly in allusion to the death shrouds that are commonly used in North African cultures.
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