Drawing from the “Resusci Anne” death mask, Behest explores the boundary between the vital and the inert. The work isolates a face that exists only through endless reproduction, tilting it into a severe, upward perspective that denies the intersubjective gaze. By materializing this historical anonymity through a pale, vitreous palette, the painting arrests the digital signal at the point of biological failure. It serves as a vitalistic residue of a gesture of resuscitation, grounding the mechanics of life and death in the unyielding weight of the painted surface.