Who Is Responsible for the Suffering of Your Mother?

photography, performance
2021-ongoing

Every Wednesday, my mother and I sat across from one another at the acupuncturist's, witness to each other's performance of pain.


live performance
SYSTEM, Shanghai, China, 2023

My mother and I sat across from each other at a night club, receiving acupuncture, our reactions and gasps amplified by contact mics—— what does pain look like "performed" for each other, for the presence of a live audience?