Plastic Phrases & Liquefied Longings was Bethany’s MFA thesis show at Otis College of Art & Design. In the show, she explores themes of beauty, objectification, desire and teetering toward the abject. Looping videos were installed on the sides of a large, hexagonal structure, which allows the viewer to walk around and view the videos one at a time. The videos are of Bethany performing various acts including spitting glitter while mouthing “I love you” or licking honey off of a glass surface that reads “save me from what I want”. Recorded and layered sounds of spitting, licking, speaking and rubbing fabric reverberated off the walls of the gallery as the videos played on a continuous loop.