statement
Flesh Tactics is an exploration of inherent worldly violence, a confrontation with the ways in which corporeality is mediated, manipulated, and ultimately constrained. In referencing memory and trauma, this work examines the peril of bodily contingencies— the precariousness of flesh that is always on the brink of decay, suffering, and destruction. In this destruction, language acts as a weapon— an instrument of authority by which consent is either granted, denied, or controlled. Through an active engagement with the mechanisms of violence, there expands an interrogation of not only our belief systems, but the very structures of authority that shape our complacencies. By nurturing a confrontation with the frameworks we create around consent, the intersection of implicit flesh and text becomes an active site of resistance and transformation. This work is an invitation to reconsider the accepted narratives of trauma, to reflect on the role of violence in shaping identity, and to reconsider whether or not we are willing to accept the terms of our existence as dictated by external forces. It is a call to question everything, even our own complicity in the systems of belief that shape our lives—and to ask, ultimately, whether we will continue to abide by them.