Blu(e) Almond arises from the need to process emotions that, within the imaginaries imposed by Western culture, are often left without a voice, mutating into discomfort, fear, obsession, or being repressed until they merge with conformity.
The almond, placed on the artist’s head, evokes the amygdala, the part of the brain that assigns emotional meaning to memories and images, and is especially active in the processing of fear.
The metamorphic process (the conversion of fear into vision) unfolds in parallel with the organic and transformative cycle of the performance. The artist immerses herself in an expanse of ultramarine pigment combined with water, flour, and salt, where waving fabrics and stones become entangled, shaping a suspended and fluid sculptural wetscape. As it comes into contact with the air, this hybrid terrain begins to sprout molds that generate shades of cerulean blue, a color that in some communities of the Indian subcontinent, is associated with courage and spiritual strength. Blu(e) Almond is ultimately a chromatic meditation on renewal, an act conceived as a gesture of care.
