Category Archives: FUTILITY (PERFORMANCE)

Then, on the surface of being, in that region where being wants to be both visible and hidden, the movements of opening and closing are so numerous, so frequently inverted, and so charged with hesitation, that we could conclude on the following formula: man is half-open being. GASTON BACHELARD Never thought about being in thisContinue reading “THE POETICS OF SPACE”

Risk was mentioned a lot in this lecture. For me, the riskiest part in my practice I’ve felt would be doing artwork in front of others or bothering others in the process. For example, when I had to do an installation in the shared studio and when I had to use the shared house toContinue reading “Lecture: ‘Whose Art is it Anyway?’”

The videos turn out quite dark as I kept ISO 200… Hope I can edit them in Premier. I can’t control the sound all the time as I have housemates. Maybe I’ll reproduce the sound if necessary. Scene 1: Cooking with empty hob + lid on bed Scene 2: Washing hands with empty hand washContinue reading “Shooting 4”

Installation View Had to do it in my bedroom… Was going to just stick prints on the white walls. Then I suddenly thought I could use the frame I used in the photos: Shooting Plan 3 Still exploring interacting with empty objects in inappropriate environment or with inappropriate pairing: Eating & drinking with empty dishesContinue reading “Installation view & Shooting plan 3 & The Experience of Architecture”

Installation View I had 13 pages for the first 3 projects in the portfolio and I found I had to have the installation view pages as the first pages for each project as I only have 2-3 pages for each project… I had to retake the installation view for the first project. I could onlyContinue reading “Installation view & Academic Tutorial & The Experience of Architecture”

Scene 1: Empty cup+uncontained water&food+a plate of water Scene 2: Empty bottle+uncontained washing up liquid+a cup of washing up liquid Scene 3: Empty clothes and unconfined body Scene 4: Bed contained outdoors+body contained in quilt cover+uncontained quilt filling

Got inspired by my reading mentioned in the last post, I started to think about the relationship between container and contained. I found that many things became not functional generally when they’re loose/not contained: bed-room bin-outside water-cup food-plate body-clothes cosmetics-bottle quilt filling-cover It’s similar to the separation of ego and body/body and space, which leadsContinue reading “Shooting plan 2”

Roxana’s body and her house are bound together by parallel clauses in an identity she will learn to exploit. Within this chilling interior emptiness she begins a series of invisible occupancies, secretly inhabiting (and learning to control) spaces that appear closed and empty to the rest of the world […] CYNTHIA WALL Using body toContinue reading “the domestic space reader”