Biography
I make characters. Sometimes they are autobiographical, and sometimes they are lies. They’re usually fixated on the quiet depravity in women’s minds, but don’t put me in a box. I’m a Jewish-Iranian performance artist…wait, I said no more boxes. I may want to create an entire cinematic universe about a fictional group of people obsessed with ferris wheels. Then perform as a modestly dressed Dullahan oil heiress who wants to talk about sexiness. I’m usually trying to find a new way to humiliate myself, forever a bimbo clown. Monster girls, voreaphilia, anthropomorphic creatures, absurd pregnancy, witchery, and world-building are sprinkled in most of my video art and live performances. My work straddles two different worlds, the art world and YouTube. I am most content when I am being validated by both.
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