The experiment begins with the observation that something is wrong ­–with the culture, the country, the neighbors, or maybe just with her. The subject roams the parameters of her habitat, pushing against the surfaces, testing the laws of the system. The conditions have been stacked against her. She wonders how she got here. The neglected ambitions and crossed wires. The isolation at the heart of the illusion of belonging. She needs to re-calibrate. The potency she seeks cannot be gleaned from the consultation of manuals, maps or technology. She is confident it’s here, somewhere, in the emulsion of her mad habitat.

Boyer + Factor is a collaborative project by Margaret Reid Boyer and Jodie Factor.