ANESTHESIA explores our relentless pursuit to avoid pain. This work combines organic and inorganic elements, including light and copper treated with red wine, sweat, polluted water, holy water, Prozac, semen, and saliva. Each component is chosen for its physical properties and symbolises our attempt to anesthetize unpleasant emotions and sensations. ​ Copper, a porous metal and exceptional conductor of energy, serves as the backbone. The treatment of copper with red wine, for example, refers to purification rituals associated with wine and to intoxicating aspects associated with the consumption of alcohol in general. ​ The collection of water from the Pinheiros River in São Paulo, Brazil, a river undergoing a depollution process but still bearing marks of contamination, symbolizes man's ongoing struggle with physical and emotional toxins. This choice reflects a critique of our relationship with the environment and, by extension, the ways we deal with toxic aspects of our own lives. ​ The installation delves into the idea that our efforts to avoid suffering can paradoxically make us more susceptible to it. By incorporating substances like Prozac, a medication used to treat anxiety, along with body fluids that are associated with intimacy and vulnerability but are also the expression of ways to avoid emotional pain, the work challenges the observer to confront their choices of coping strategies. ​ ANESTHESIA challenges us to confront our emotional depths to face uncomfortable truths about how we deal with pain and discomfort. The installation invites us to reflect on ways we anesthetize our experiences of pain and to question whether this results in becoming more toxic to ourselves and others.