Used in removing material from a surface,
sandpaper is also the carrier of what has been subtracted.
Normally discarded when the abrasive layer is worn
down or saturated with particles, in Love Streams,
sandpaper acts as a recurring background for a series of
frottages.

The rubbings were made with escitalopram, a
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) prescribed
to the artist in oral form for the treatment of depression
and generalized anxiety disorder. What should have
been ground by the body has been ground down by
hand, capturing the floor and walls of the artist’s studio
through a process of automatic frottage and mark
making. The ingestible (and thus invisible) substance is
repurposed as a raw material in apparitions that lay
bare connections between body, psyche, and biopolitical
structures.