𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 A performance in three stages by Selin Davasse, 2025
She is pleasingly plump. All she wants is to chomp, chomp, chomp. She is quenchless and ravenous. No pile of mulberry leaves is ever enough. She wants more. An economic insect—if she isn’t growing, she’s dying.
Caught in an abyss of jouissance, she is ready to metamorphose. She salivates, she spins, she cocoons. Her head awhirl and her heart in her mouth, she labors with slobbery insistence toward her becoming. But spit by spit, as silk hardens into thread, death is closing in.
At last, she understands the terms and conditions. Raised in a controlled environment that posed as the best of all possible worlds, she was always destined to suffer the worst of all possible deaths: boiled alive—exploited, alienated, unrealized—in the name of maximizing profit.
𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵— 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘹, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮—𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴; 𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩; 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘣.