A woman uses only her tongue to insert and remove matches from her nostrils in a repetitive cycle. The action oscillates between comic absurdity and obsessive ritual, hovering on the edge of discomfort. By exaggerating an apparently playful and senseless gesture into a compulsive act, the work probes the fine line between humour, endurance, and the precariousness of the body as it negotiates the tasks it is demanded to accomplish.

Selected for the Spring Exhibition 2004 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.