erika is a performance artist who investigates states of con/tending with through the construction of (experimental) experiences and trace encounters.
<<< in surfacing the un/bounds of the body, i implicate you in the we(ight) of being alive >>>
to contend with is to deal with difficulty or struggle -
con comes from com — with, together —
and tend comes from tendere — to stretch
tend, as its own word, can mean to exhibit an inclination or to take care of or to pay attention to, as in to tend to -
erika is interested in performance as a means of co-engaging in and through (indeterminate) bodies - via (experiential, affective) stretching and attending-to --
they approach performance as a high-risk exercise in building rapid intimacy. they aim to create conditions + environments that are anti-passive experiences: dynamic spaces of aliveness that point to our visceral interdependence in practices of survival >>