Sweet Spot (Peep Show) is a performance in which I wear a hair salon cape made with a clear PVC plastic window at the abdomen, a feature designed to allow the wearer to view their cell phone from beneath the cape. (This is a real product available on the market.) The performance begins with me standing with my arms spread out in the cape, my hair wet. I then take a seat in a chair. Behind me is a vertical TV monitor. For the rest of the performance, a hair stylist trims, blow dries, and styles my hair—about an hour-and-a-half long process. During this time, the stylist and I do not exchange any pleasantries or conversation. I remain singularly focused on my phone, visible to me through the PVC window in my cape. My phone screen is mirrored onto the TV monitor behind me, making all of my phone activities publicly viewable by the audience. However, the TV monitor is covered in a privacy protector film that prevents onlookers from viewing the screen from any angles besides directly in front of it; thus, the TV monitor with my real-time cell phone activities can only be seen if the audience stands in the "Sweet Spot"—that is, directly in front of me.

This performance piece is part of my ongoing g£!tçẖ̸̄mama series, a body of work that examines the intersection between technology (primarily social media and digital advertising), consumer culture, and contemporary constructs of gender. g£!tçẖ̸̄mama deconstructs predominant ideals of “womanness” through installations of found photographs sourced from e-commerce sites, Duchampian readymade sculptures highlighting bizarre products from advertisements that were suggested to me by capitalist-driven social media algorithms, and Dadaesque performances that employ dark humor to illustrate the absurdity of contemporary beauty standards, modern cosmetic practices, and the persistent societal pressures placed upon women to maintain a youthful appearance.