I am Before presents an abstract, primordial, bubbling swamp with a breathing tree which rises from the water. A placenta-like object floats and breathes on the water’s surface. In the first paragraph of Agua Viva, Lispector writes, “I studied mathematics, which is the madness of reason – but now I want the plasma –I want to eat straight from the placenta.”

This work is part of “the quivering and lively nerve of the now”, an experimental, immersive video story in three acts, in posthumous conversation with and homage to Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector’s, Agua Viva. This three-part artwork presents an argument for body fluidity and abjection in the face of oppression. A celebration of selfhood, desire, and lust, the work reveals a visceral reflection of living/creating the way Clarice Lispector writes. The artworks revel in abstract carnality to counter this moment of contemporary witch-hunting and politically-sanctioned misogyny. In aggregate, the stories form a poetic love letter to lusty living and an embrace of the digital to tell this story.

I am Before presents an abstract, primordial, bubbling swamp with a breathing tree which rises from the water. A placenta-like object floats and breathes on the water’s surface. In the first paragraph of Agua Viva, Lispector writes, “I studied mathematics, which is the madness of reason – but now I want the plasma –I want to eat straight from the placenta.”

This work is part of “the quivering and lively nerve of the now”, an experimental, immersive video story in three acts, in posthumous conversation with and homage to Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector’s, Agua Viva. This three-part artwork presents an argument for body fluidity and abjection in the face of oppression. A celebration of selfhood, desire, and lust, the work reveals a visceral reflection of living/creating the way Clarice Lispector writes. The artworks revel in abstract carnality to counter this moment of contemporary witch-hunting and politically-sanctioned misogyny. In aggregate, the stories form a poetic love letter to lusty living and an embrace of the digital to tell this story.