This video documents my performance during the opening night of our 3rd year photography exhibition, 'Good Grief!'. The show was an exploration on our ideas of comfort. My piece, 'I cannot easily shake off the village. (Thoreau) was on my ideal form of escape: a moveable structure that would serve as both a workspace in its upright position and as a resting space when lying on its side. I spent the whole 2h of the opening in the house. It took me a while to switch off! In spite of this, I found a bit of the privacy I was looking for.
'Good Grief!' was on last week and was well received. I performed (with a guest) and I really enjoyed the experience. I had planned to spend the whole opening inside the structure. I cannot easily shake off the village. - Thoreau was about my ideal form of escape: a structure that would serve as both a workspace on its upright position and as a resting space once lying on its side. Moving, lifting, & tilting of the structure all had to be performed by myself. I saw these basic tasks as fundamental in representing effort in seeking some personal space to think or to relax.
