Flesh Bet

Flesh Bet explores how human behavior is constantly shaped by the pursuit of power. In modern society, direct confrontation has largely given way to subtle, soft forms of negotiation. Physical gestures, facial expressions, silence—these become tools in ongoing, often invisible battles for control.

Gambling and sex are used here as focused arenas, where these dynamics are theatrically amplified. In both, pleasure and strategy overlap. What seems intimate is often calculated. The body becomes both showcase and currency.

Desire is rarely isolated. A hand on a card might evoke a hand on skin. One kind of wanting triggers the other. The line between control and craving could be blurred.

There is satisfaction in manipulating, in seducing, in resisting the urge to reveal too much. But behind the performance, something unstable grows. Desire may become excessive and power becomes fragile. This work reflects on desire as both a vital force and a risk—something that motivates, manipulates, and at times, threatens to consume everything around it.