STEPS

Action / Performance, 2017
Glass container, silky overall, hammer, sound
Dimensions Live Art Festival, Zhongliang Village, China

The action began at the point where the main road meets the entrance to the ghost village. The audience was asked to follow the artist down the road while he carried a glass container in one hand and a hammer in the other. After a walk of approximately 300 metres, the group arrived at the sealed entrance of a once-inhabited residence. Once silence had formed, the glass container was slowly opened and the silky overall inside was removed. During this process, a female voice in Chinese gradually emerged from a small speaker placed inside the container and grew louder.

After a period of listening, the overall was placed back into the container and the container was closed again. The artist and the audience then left the site together, while the glass container and the hammer remained in front of the blocked entrance.