Witches gain access to protected spaces through deviant pathways, twisted beings that they are. Are they twisted to begin with, or do they become distorted through necessity for such navigational means? This performance video work investigates the nuanced similarities and differences between academic biotech laboratory practices and ritual actions, through a negotiation of institutional compliance and non-compliance. The witch, plying her craft in the lab, is a contaminant and a fertilizer—and, she is there to do exactly that, in order to disrupt hegemonic norms. Enacting deviance is a social trigger that instigates feminist revolt through ‘reclaimed’ witchcraft actions, such as spellcasting, towards socially reconstructive modes of knowledge and culture production.
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