France is a 2018 performance art piece exploring beauty standards, self-perception, and identity. The artist physically transforms herself into an exaggerated ideal of Western beauty—wearing a blonde wig, green contact lenses, pink-toned makeup, a tight bodysuit, and high heels. This look reflects the beauty standard she internalized as a child, influenced by Barbie-like ideals that made her long for blonde hair and green eyes like her sister’s, while rejecting her natural appearance.

During the performance, she holds a mirror to the audience, inviting them to confront their own reflections and question their relationship with beauty and self-image. Gradually, she removes the wig, spits on her face to wipe away the makeup, and peels off the false eyelashes—stripping away the constructed identity. The performance concludes with her wearing a clown nose, symbolizing the way she felt in the French environment: out of place, unrecognized as beautiful, and instead perceived as something comical or absurd.

Additionally, a man stands on a ladder, representing how beauty standards are often shaped and upheld by the male gaze. The performance critiques the pressure to conform to external ideals and highlights the absurdity of these expectations, culminating in an act of self-liberation.