Hung...
Gnesta, Sweden, July 2019
This work in progress was performed as a site specific moment/yearning/love letter to Gnesta, Sweden during a visit...
"Hung..." grew out of a prior workshop as an outcome & site specific durational investigation rooted in a seriously genuine need for clean belongings. Unexpectedly, it also became a water based ritual resulting in physical cleansing and emotional renewal. This most recent iteration developed from elements of the 9 day intensive 'Time.Space.Nothing.' with artist Franko B. 'Hung...' developed as I explored the simple act of using water for washing items needed for personal care and everyday use.
Towards the end of my stay in the village of Gnesta, I stepped further into my curiosities about Home as performance site/platform for domesticity and viewer interaction within my own vulnerabilities. Viewer/participants were invited to bring clothes in need of washing and to join myself and others in the kitchen while I asked questions about their relationship to the fabric. The rhythm and ritual of water was a constant to the different exchanges and unexpected, shared narratives of fabric within life experience. Viewers were invited to come and pick up their line dried/hung items the next day while I was en route back to the States. Hand washing my own and others clothes before viewers evoked thoughts, stories and memories on old sayings; loaded with meanings, political layers and socio-cultural connotations.
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Hung..., Performed at Home & Kitchen, Gnesta, Sweden, July 2019
Video Stills/Photos: Courtesy: G. Kulbay; N. Moronski
This work in progress was performed as a site specific moment/yearning/love letter to Gnesta, Sweden during a visit...
"Hung..." grew out of a prior workshop as an outcome & site specific durational investigation rooted in a seriously genuine need for clean belongings. Unexpectedly, it also became a water based ritual resulting in physical cleansing and emotional renewal. This most recent iteration developed from elements of the 9 day intensive 'Time.Space.Nothing.' with artist Franko B. 'Hung...' developed as I explored the simple act of using water for washing items needed for personal care and everyday use.
Towards the end of my stay in the village of Gnesta, I stepped further into my curiosities about Home as performance site/platform for domesticity and viewer interaction within my own vulnerabilities. Viewer/participants were invited to bring clothes in need of washing and to join myself and others in the kitchen while I asked questions about their relationship to the fabric. The rhythm and ritual of water was a constant to the different exchanges and unexpected, shared narratives of fabric within life experience. Viewers were invited to come and pick up their line dried/hung items the next day while I was en route back to the States. Hand washing my own and others clothes before viewers evoked thoughts, stories and memories on old sayings; loaded with meanings, political layers and socio-cultural connotations.
Below:
Hung..., Performed at Home & Kitchen, Gnesta, Sweden, July 2019
Video Stills/Photos: Courtesy: G. Kulbay; N. Moronski
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