EENA’s Formula (2013) – Bread, Virtue, and Responsibility

EENA’s Formula originates from a reconfigured name: E–E–N–A, a suffix attached to female names—CaterEENA, CorEENA, CarolEENA, JasmEENA, AngelEENA—forming a shared phonetic structure. Within Jewish linguistic tradition, the name suggests renewal or the act of making the world new, a conceptual premise underlying the project.

In 2013, over the course of seven consecutive days, the artist performed a structured ritual. Dressed in black with a small white apron, she dedicated each day to a specific virtue—prudence, fortitude, temperance, among others—culminating on Sunday in a synthesis of these ethical dimensions. Each day she shaped a bread figure, referred to as a “woman of bread,” produced through repetitive manual action.

A photographer documented the process, emphasizing duration and gesture. The concluding performance took place at the White Space Collection in West Palm Beach, where the bread figures were distributed to the audience. The act of donation framed the sculptures as symbolic nourishment rather than permanent objects.

The title also references the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), introducing an additional semantic layer. This overlap positions the work as an alert structure, associating ethical responsibility with planetary urgency. The project articulates a conceptual appeal linking nourishment, virtue, and ecological awareness.

EENA’s Formula situates bread as a material, virtue as a framework, and performance as a vehicle for examining responsibility within contemporary contexts.