Show One | 03.27.2026
Zoe Adair
GRAPHIC DESIGN
We tap the rhythm in our heads onto our legs, bounce a foot that cannot seem to sit still, resituate our clothing a hundred times over, and smooth our sweating palms against our knees. Our anxieties manifest as our bodies hold the tension our minds have made up. As a performer growing up in the entertainment industry from the age of four, I was forced to be hyperaware of my body in a mirror and constantly “fix” it. My childhood became synonymous with the feeling of being watched—on a stage, and as an only child with highly achievement-oriented parents. My instinct became to shift according to what my environment expected of me. Sculpted by performative definitions of how we should behave, perceive, and be perceived, I am interested in the mechanical, habitual practices we use to consciously mold ourselves into what we believe to be a preferred form of being. In this way, the micro-actions of posture and body language become the labor by which we perform—and struggle to perform—as “ourselves.”
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