Miyaki conceives of her body as a material for her art. She inserts herself into her installations and performances, becoming a part of them. In her piece for this exhibition, Movement of Iron and Body, Miyaki seeks to explore the body through the relative strength and weakness of its parts, taking an approach that varies entirely from conventional explorations of the relationship between body and object. Rather than exploring stereotypical conceptions of body-object relationships or notions of femininity and masculinity, Miyaki’s work demonstrates an ongoing examination of the body as a material in its own right.