ICO-LATION

Dreams should be like this: surreal, alluring and fascinating. More I go far from this crowd; more I get closer to my dreams. I can remain lone for thousand years, thousand years of solitude in ‘Ico-lation’. This much ice I can have.

I should share its history. It was 2014 when I started chewing ice cubes. It was strange, weird but very intense. I used to chew big cubes of ice days after days. I was not aware what it was, rather I was curious about what makes this craving for chewing ice. One long year passed. I am still fond of chewing ice by the way.

Later, in 2015 my doctor discovered my uterus got severely affected by 6 big fibroids. My Thai gynaecologist confirmed those fibroids were slowly growing inside my uterus, and so my body got the signal that I am pregnant. As a result my body was craving for ice. Before my surgery I did this performance and after the performance my gynaecologist successfully removed all 6 fibroids.

In my performance entitled ‘Ico-lation’, I deliberately used pun in order to make a connection between ‘ice’ and ‘isolation’. Here I constantly perform breaking and chewing ice cubes which seems repetitive but not monotonous because of the nonstop act-at-a stretch celebrating solitude to know the self.