Video and interview by Nancy Bechtol, RawSpace Curator  

In this piece, I gave myself a chance to think and improvise as I went along. Different sections of the installation represent different parts which I refer to as my 'mind-map' or my 'heart-map.' Things I have discovered observing myself and others. This piece is about finding a pathway. The bones on the floor represent death, but the skeleton is also the structure of life.

Another area is the wall of addictions. The candy wrapper, cigarettes, pacifiers, the white powders (sign of refined consumption, including salt, sugar, and various kinds of drugs)--all training people to need something in your mouth--oral addictions and fixations.

...the hypodermic needles, used as a symbol of consumption, related to complex medical issues, and a metaphor for consumption--injecting into the veins as an ultimate consumption. The most crucial thing I learned is that people take on an addiction to avoid certain things. When a person stops an addictive behavior, they usually have a lot of emotional work to do.

(Beth tells a short family story): I have an older brother and sister who are now both surgeons. My mother wanted to be a nurse, but gave it up to raise a family. So we were raised to look at things critically. I can remember, as children, my two older siblings would dissect frogs while they were alive, and perform exploratory surgery on them, and sew them up. They watched them die a few hours later. I would, and still do, cut-up flowers and examine them. It was part of our training as children to look at things in that way.
Bechtol comments: Your work overwhelms the senses and your personal connection deepens the work for me. At first, it appears to be chaotic--just too much to look at. But as I spend time in the space, the meaning and organization appear to be very clear. An experience which requires movement through the space.