Stay stages a circus-like scene: a knife-throwing assistant stands pressed against a target board while knives and axes are already embedded around her body. Despite the imminent danger, she remains motionless, a faint, self-assured smile crossing her face. The composition recalls the tradition of spectacle in which the female body is placed at the center of risk while simultaneously expected to appear composed, attractive, and unshaken.

With her back to the wall, the figure occupies the precarious position between performer and target. The surrounding weapons introduce an atmosphere of raw, physical force, framing the body within a field of threat and tension. At the same time, the image opens a set of unsettling questions: Who is throwing the weapons? And who is watching?

Between exposure and composure, Stay confronts viewers with structures of power, expectation, and endurance, addressing the pressures and aggressions that women continue to navigate while remaining visibly resilient.