« I struggle with the word "performance" especially as a Black person in the art world living in the US, because of the way that Black people are constantly expected to perform in every way, like perform to be ok when people are micro-aggressive. There is the term weathering, which basically talks about how as Black women we are internally many years older than white women counterparts because of the way racism and sexism affect us. »

« Durational art is not just: "Go to the museum and they gonna watch you do this thing and push your body for 3 hours". perform my pain for you, and then what? Are you gonna be there to take me to the doctor? The Institutions or spaces want us to perform our pain, but they are not there afterwards. They are not taking responsibility for what comes up in the body. So the contract [with CALM - Centre d'Art La Meute] included osteopathic body work as part of the performance in Switzerland.»

Discussion avec Noémi Michel #4

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