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At various locations throughout NYC, and at different times of the year, I staged a performance. It consists of myself lying on the pavement. Sometimes very well dressed and sometimes dressed as if I am living on the street. Hiding in a car nearby, a cameraperson is filming people's reactions to my lying down on the sidewalk. I have a hidden microphone so that the verbal interactions with pedestrians and the sound of the traffic are recorded as well.
My work explores themes of quest, identity and transcendence through maps of physical and felt experience, primarily within an urban environment. I’m intrigued by others’ routines, recollections and rituals as I chart their journeys toward... [Read More]
