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The texts used in this piece come from quotes by heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. However, it does not try to resemble a portrait in any way. To me, these texts radiate a strong sense of loneliness and insecurity, behind the obvious layer of aggression. The need to describe oneself as invincible and the very explicit threats of sexual violence can easily shift to an expression of isolation and the impossibility of intimacy, once they they are removed from a immediate context of brutality. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah! - is just as much a self-reassuring prayer as it is a manifestation of an all devouring ego.
