behind the scenes developed as a continuation of my solo performance Act, Interrupted, which emerged from my experience navigating bureaucratic systems as an immigrant. 

The work follows an unfinished thread, shifting from a personal narrative toward a broader systemic condition. I became focused on how bureaucratic mechanisms like waiting, language, delay, repetition act on the body and psyche, and how certain bodies can be kept permanently “in process” while remaining economically indispensable.

The installation invites visitors to sit, wait, navigate a maze, and interact with real objects drawn from institutional environments. Language operates as both instruction and obstruction, paths mislead or contradict themselves. 

I physically inhabited the maze over an extended period, documenting the impact of disorientation and repetition on my own body and mental state, later translating this experience into video and sound within the installation. A recreated maze traced on the floor becomes a score for the audience — one that can be followed, resisted, or broken — revealing how each body negotiates control, confusion, and agency.

behind the scenes was in residency and presented at:

• Rez Gauche, Brussels, January 2026

  
  

  𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.