However legitimate her background in architecture and jewelry design may be, Bianca Censori is first and foremost known for her distinctive, revealing fashion choices and for being Ye’s—né Kanye West’s—wife and muse. On Dec. 12 and 13, Censori debuted BIO POP (The Origin), the first in what will be a series of seven performance art pieces spread out over the next several years.

BIO POP took place at an unnamed venue in Seoul, South Korea; Censori’s website has a video recording of the austere, unnerving performance. The 14-minute event began with Censori, clad in a maroon bodysuit, preparing something at a sleek kitchen island, the kind you’d find in a high-end apartment. At the 9½-minute mark, she gets on her knees in front of the oven, removes a red-domed object, places it on a rolling bar cart, and robotically walks towards an inconspicuous white curtain at stage right.

The last few minutes of the video reveal a truly creepy set of furniture intertwined with female bodies. It’s unclear—from the video documentation, at least—if these are real women or mannequins. In any case, they look like Censori dupes, with the same straight black hair and bangs, blank expressions, and skintight bodysuits...