Golden Fractures

This performance is a continuation of The Golden Break-Off, expanding the artist’s long-term exploration of inner fracture, self-inflicted violence, and repair.

Performed live in Mexico at the Museo de Pirotecnia Tultepec, and supported by the Austrian Embassy in Mexico, the work unfolded over more than thirty uninterrupted minutes in front of a wide public audience.

The performance investigates wounds not inflicted by the external world, but by the language we turn against ourselves. Black paint, poured directly onto the artist’s body, embodied the weight and cruelty of internalized words. Through movement hands, feet, and full bodily pressure these voices were transferred onto the canvas, becoming physical marks.

In a second gesture, gold was poured over the dark surface. Not as erasure, but as an act of acknowledgment and reclamation, transforming injury into resilience.

Layered whispers filled the space: voices that diminish, and voices that heal. What remains is a monumental 4 × 5 meter canvas a scarred, golden skin that holds memory, resistance, and renewal. The work stands as a witness to the ongoing process of breaking, surviving, and rebuilding from within.