2004
"Stressed dessertS" was a 2005 performance piece in which Tiffany Trenda wore a gas mask while a video projection displayed x-rays of her body. The audience could hear her breathing through headphones connected to a microphone inside a glass beaker. Throughout the performance, Trenda wrote backwards on a glass surface, reflecting on themes of confinement and feeling like a specimen on display. She also noted the audience's reactions.
he concept behind the work explores the objectification of the mediated female body and draws parallels with the treatment of specimens. It aims to shed light on how women's bodies are often displayed and treated as objects for public consumption.
"Stressed dessertS" was performed at Soho Gallery in Studio City for the event, Artist Bound.