Burger as Body (2024) is a performance piece by Vita Kari that took place on Monday February 12th 2024 from 3pm - 6pm, outside of NYFW.
This public performance consisted of Vita Kari (they/them) symbolically devouring their own body via burgers attached to their arms and legs. Kari’s hand-made headpiece of foam burgers is adorned with designs reminiscent of their grandmother's clothing, eliciting narratives of diaspora and hyperfemininity through the artist’s queer lens. The piece will include an offering of free burgers to onlookers, seeking to foreground the agency of the audience in consumption and spectacle.
Building on their last public performance, Trapped in a Can, Kari’s work highlights the blurring of digital and physical boundaries. Through the employment of virality and transparency, Kari also seeks to explore themes of commercialism and mimetic desire.