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THE FOOT PROJECT (2004/in progress)
The foot project is a performance that creates an environment where
strangers living in the streets are taken care of.
The work exists as a live performance, a spontaneous gesture of washing the
feet, distributing washcloths or other aids of relief, in various public
places during the hot months of the year.
Something that would have some kind of gesture and would really be about
the interaction between the person who performs the action, the person who
receives it, and the passerby… which I find an important aspect of the
work.
The live performance will take place using a moveable cart that unfolds
onto the public space, such as a sidewalk or storefront, where the
participant can be attended to. This modified space will be complete with
chair, unrolled carpet, washbasin and towels. This trolley will then be
shown in an exhibition space later, amongst the documentation of the
performances, as an installation work.
As for documentation, the work will include interviews, photographs/video,
of the participants, the person(s) performing the action, and the passerby/audience.
