Temas originates from my practice with wax and paraffin as a material for casting and imprinting surfaces. Wax, for me, is a substance that captures the most fragile and detailed traces of a surface—dust, hair, skin, and minor imperfections. My interest in this material is connected to ideas of preservation and mummification, particularly Ancient Egyptian embalming practices, where the body is suspended in time through material intervention.
The work is also connected to my left hand, which appears as a recurring image in my dreams, often in relation to cutting or harm. This brings a personal layer into the performance, where bodily awareness and vulnerability become central. The act of working with wax becomes both controlling and surrendering at the same time: I slowly lose control to the material while remaining fully attentive to each movement of my hand.
The performance operates as a meditative but physically demanding process. After a long duration, it produces a state similar to deep focus or dissociation, where I become detached from the surrounding space. Within this state, attention is narrowed to the surface of the body and the act of making itself.
At the same time, the work engages with themes of self-harm, bodily boundaries, and discomfort around intimacy, which have been present in my personal experience. The performance holds these tensions without resolving them, existing between control and loss of control, presence and withdrawal.