Puncture is an interface and performance that explores pressure, tension, and release. This piece expands on my previous work entitled “ ” that employs the distortion and crumpling of paper to reflect on emotional stress that cannot be undone. It is a collaborative project with Elias Jarzombek.
Emotional distress usually originates from non-physical sources and may be the result of regret, grief, or loss, amongst others. In many cases, the distress can build up over time and result in the emotional pain of strong intensity that negatively affects someone’s life, which in certain instances may become permanent and incurable. The artist in this work uses physical materials and kinetic systems to reflect on the gradual emotional collapse we experience during moments of despair. Originally, the surface of the paper is completely flat and unharmed, but over time it wrinkles twists or tears to bits. Paper is fragile, as well as human beings.
