INITIATION 101

This performance reimagined the ‘rite of passage’ or initiation men in South Africa take part in when they come of age. Placing it in a public, virtual, female context, this ritual for becoming a women took place on Chaturbate, a livestream sex platform, where online strangers and visitors instructed the performer which actions needed to be taken during the initiation, highlighting the effect of virtual ‘eyes’, desires, and influence on the physical body. 

(2019)