Cycles of Maintenance
A dialogue around semi-private spaces
2022
Performance, artificial turf, monitors
Performance, artificial turf, monitors
Cycles of Maintenance is a performance piece which discusses the nuances of our semi-private spaces - with a focus on the lawn and its complexities, influences, and consequences in social, cultural and environmental spaces.
By performing a sequence of highly constructed actions in a perpetual cycle of lawn maintenance, we explore how people attach meaning to spaces and behaviour, in an attempt to achieve uniformity with their neighbours, and maintain an image of ownership and status that is ultimately futile.
The project was exhibited with 7 monitors on floor level in a half-circle sequence, with a sod displayed in the centre. The viewers were encouraged to interact with the space while the sound of metronomes in the background projected the concept of time.
Cycles of Maintanenve was designed in collaboration with Vivia Dehua Liu, Karla Erasmus, Jihyo Kwon and Autumn Stewart.
By performing a sequence of highly constructed actions in a perpetual cycle of lawn maintenance, we explore how people attach meaning to spaces and behaviour, in an attempt to achieve uniformity with their neighbours, and maintain an image of ownership and status that is ultimately futile.
The project was exhibited with 7 monitors on floor level in a half-circle sequence, with a sod displayed in the centre. The viewers were encouraged to interact with the space while the sound of metronomes in the background projected the concept of time.
Cycles of Maintanenve was designed in collaboration with Vivia Dehua Liu, Karla Erasmus, Jihyo Kwon and Autumn Stewart.