Vulvas and psychoactive plants are privileged spaces for the manufacture of ignorance.
The starting point was the ancestral knowledge of physiology, botanical, chemical, and ecological implicit in descriptions of the administration method of the Flying Ointment in European witchcraft. For centuries, a veil of censorship has shrouded knowledge about hallucinogenic plants and vulvas, attempting to erase them from kitchens, bedrooms, public squares, and discourse.
The Flying cream I have developed refers to the ointment attributed to premodem European witches, but it does not seek to reconstruct it. It is about questioning an epistemicide - It is a process in which dominant groups impose their own epistemological frameworks on marginalized groups - and a spiritual genocide, entering the body, and stimulating memory. Flying cream was created during an arts-science residency at Génialis, a company based in Henrichemont. This company develops techniques to create cosmetics and pharmaceutical products through physical processes that are less polluting and energy-intensive, eliminating the need for surfactants and synthetic chemicals. This approach preserves the organoleptic properties of plants while enhancing their bioavailability.
