Carrie Schneider

A Self Compassion is a practice and a performance to suture myself in this moment to lost and disconnected moments of myself. I spoke a continously revised dialog to younger versions of myself as they grow up; singing, soothing, warning, screaming- cohering these Carries into who I am now through a dialogical act of compassion that reclaims the narrative of my life. When other people view this practice it becomes a performance and I amplify messages that are both salient to me as an individual and relatable as common experiences of growing up. My back is to any witnesses who enter the room, only the images face them, and they enter after Ive begun the interaction. There is no seating and witnesses are free to self-determine their own point of view and relationship to the work. Most women witnesses of my age were deeply touched, most older women felt they needed to encourage me. With these reactions in mind, I will continue the practice at ten year intervals as I grow older. Click images to view descriptions of how this practice evolved through photography and video installations as well.