Melissa Rice Final Project

In this performance video I am slicing apples, poking them, and burning them. I used apples because they can be considered a pure fruit, almost like an innocent child. I am using such destructive force on these apples to demonstrate in an abstract way what society does to its innocence. We slice away at the beauty of an average person, having them feel cut up and try to repair themselves but they are already broken. We poke and prod at those who inhabit some illness as we ridicule and force them to feel shame. We set fire to those who are a total threat to us and don't believe what we want them too. We all have a right to feel beautiful, have an illness, and believe what we think is right. Society created a monster that destroys its innocent. Will you still pick one of those 'defected' apples?