FOR OBEDE LOYLA SOUZA
|
June 2011
01:47:00 Lumen International Video & Performance Art Festival Staten Island, New York + foam + rope + charcoal + candles + saw + wood block |
STATEMENT
This performance is devoted to activist, Obede Loyla Souza and the 1,150 other environmental activists who have been assassinated in their attempts to preserve the Amazon. Participants of the Lumen Festival were invited to light a candle in honor of those who have lost their lives over the past two decades. |
ACTIONS
Enter installation previously ignited by visitors of LUMEN. Embrace foam/ wood object while being wrapped with rope. After embracing the object, proceed to sawing off the invasively toxic foam mass to reveal a wooden block. Sit within the charcoal silhouette, receive the wooden block from a viewer and proceed to lay down within candles. After approximately 20 minutes of meditation, place the wood plank vertical and hold a lit candle in hand. Once the hot wax burns hands or becomes too hot, relinquish the flame of the candle in hand and all surrounding flames.
Enter installation previously ignited by visitors of LUMEN. Embrace foam/ wood object while being wrapped with rope. After embracing the object, proceed to sawing off the invasively toxic foam mass to reveal a wooden block. Sit within the charcoal silhouette, receive the wooden block from a viewer and proceed to lay down within candles. After approximately 20 minutes of meditation, place the wood plank vertical and hold a lit candle in hand. Once the hot wax burns hands or becomes too hot, relinquish the flame of the candle in hand and all surrounding flames.