Working Hour (Door Mat)
One foot, the same pair of shoes, the same door mat, the same time, every day.
Do one thing, and nothing else, for a determined amount of time until it is no longer possible to do so.
It transforms a seemingly day to day, ordinary act into something extra ordinary. The work connotes meditation but also labour of body, mind and material. It also bestows the anticipation of an unknown end point. The first time around, took 23 days, that is 23 hours of stamping until a hole had completely worn through the sole of the shoe and started to blister my foot.
One foot, the same pair of shoes, the same door mat, the same time, every day.
Do one thing, and nothing else, for a determined amount of time until it is no longer possible to do so.
It transforms a seemingly day to day, ordinary act into something extra ordinary. The work connotes meditation but also labour of body, mind and material. It also bestows the anticipation of an unknown end point. The first time around, took 23 days, that is 23 hours of stamping until a hole had completely worn through the sole of the shoe and started to blister my foot.
Working Hour (Chair)
Exhibited as part of STEM Arts Univeristy Bournemouth Degree show June 2011.
Sit and stand repetitively for one hour every day for the duration of the exhibition.
The chair ( wood, memory foam)- made by the Claire Prosser
Costume- (Linen, cotton)- made by the artist.
Performed by Claire Prosser
Under similar principles as door mat, 'Chair' takes the act of sitting and standing and plays with the tension between resting and movement - never settled. A simple movement becomes quite complex as the people passing through see the effects of sitting and standing has on me, the performer, the materials of the chair as they wear and mark my motion and how the repetitive action unsettles the space.
Exhibited as part of STEM Arts Univeristy Bournemouth Degree show June 2011.
Sit and stand repetitively for one hour every day for the duration of the exhibition.
The chair ( wood, memory foam)- made by the Claire Prosser
Costume- (Linen, cotton)- made by the artist.
Performed by Claire Prosser
Under similar principles as door mat, 'Chair' takes the act of sitting and standing and plays with the tension between resting and movement - never settled. A simple movement becomes quite complex as the people passing through see the effects of sitting and standing has on me, the performer, the materials of the chair as they wear and mark my motion and how the repetitive action unsettles the space.
