Raphaëlle Bessette-Viens is a doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program at Concordia University. Their collaborative research-creation project is interested in the sensorial and affective dimension of elective breast and torso surgery. Their research interests engage with an intersectional framework with a special focus on critical disability, crip and queer theories. Coming from a background in gender studies and visual anthropology, they are interested in the ways non-fiction and experimental filmmaking can be employed in participatory research-creation which explores embodiment.