BEYOND A SINGULAR PROJECT OR PIECE, “PLEASURE PHYSICS ( THEMROTICS ) ” IS THE VESSEL -- THE POROUS CONTAINER THAT EMBODIES THE WHOLE OF LETTUCE'S ARTISTIC PRACTICE. GROUNDED IN COMPLEX CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE POSSIBILITIES OF PLEASURE, PLAY, INTIMACY, AND PEDAGOGY THROUGH THE TRANSITORY MEANS OF WRITING, QUANTUM PHYSICS, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SELF, AND THE AMALGAMATING EROTICS “( THEMROTICS ) ” OF THESE FORMS, “PLEASURE PHYSICS ( THEMROTICS ) ” IS, ABOVE ALL, AN INSISTENCE ON THE MULTIPLICITIES OF DESIRE. 

TAKING THE FORM OF A CONSPICUOUS MIRRORED WALK-THROUGH CLOSET LOCKED WITH BONDAGE FASTENINGS -- AN OBJECT THAT BOTH CONCEALS AND REVEALS ITSELF -- LETTUCE TOYS WITH BINARY NOTIONS OF INTERIOR//EXTERIOR, PUBLIC//PRIVATE, SELF//OTHER, AND SECRET//SPECTACLE THROUGH THE WARDROBE-CUM-KLEIN BOTTLE THAT HOUSES THEIR PERSONAS. THE CLOSET IS A LIMINAL SPACE TO SLIP BETWEEN SELVES; IT IS A RECLAMATION THROUGH ARMOIRE ARMOR. PERFORMANCES BY A RANGE OF PERSONAS -- STEVE VILE, THE FLAMINGO, DR. SEYMOUR VILE, AND GROOVY WATERFORD -- IN ADDITION TO LETTUCE THEIRSELF IN “SPEECH ACTS ( ALL-IN ) ” ARTICULATE THE QUANTUM FIELD OF DESIRE BY WAY OF EMBODIED ACCRETION. FROM ITS ONSET AS LETTUCE’S MFA THESIS SHOW, “PLEASURE PHYSICS ( THEMROTICS ) ” CONTINUES TO SUBSUME NEW PERSONAS AND PLEASURES.