Contested Territory
Contested Territory (2019) are two vaginal casts in resin and aluminum. Like a contested territory, the feminine body has been in dispute. To claim authorship over my own anatomy, I gave myself an orgasm and casted that negative space into a positive form.
![Contested Territory I, 2019Scan of vaginal cast in resin, front view](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbb29dcd0fb7825acd8474fb0fbbb3b3a3bccc8bc3b69864160028c33a617396/13_CT_01_Astro.jpg)
![Contested Territory I, 2019Scan of vaginal cast in resin, back view](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/157a25256b085ed6938098577dff478c73d5fd23c280bee9cea373205de35d78/13_CT_02_Astro.jpg)
![Documentation of work in progress, 2019Fresh cast](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0bb50496da72db3a6a1266c8c7056d33319d355979c8ac0910d5703941b5ab0/13_CT_04_Astro.jpg)
![Contested Territory II, 2019Scan of vaginal cast in aluminum, front view](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6258862e33737f8191529482710ceb3cc9366aae7feb5995c5ac412927bb4586/13_CT_05_Astro.jpg)
Exhibitions
Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, 2021
Curated by Jameson Paige
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06435711e00142659a4c0c853fa5c8878c76a112ebde4f200d422af873517e56/13_CT_03_Astro.jpg)
Defiance To Power
Justice Hotel, Chicago, 2019
Curated by Erika Ordosgoitti and Carlos Salazar-Lermont
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76511193a4ea464330edbe6660072379eb6c7a4ff36ffb9b7666630904e3dc60/13_CT_06_Astro.jpg)