The project consists of a sculptural intervention and series of performances. Within the show's political frames it seemed to me to literally occupy the sections of the designated space with a sculptural duplication of the same space. An angle a corner became my stage to testify my position within the broader political environment. Before the opening, I constructed the section with a crucial help of Drew, the technician who worked at the White Box at that moment. After the wooden structure was completed I invested the time at my disposal to start with layerings of colors; a seemingly pure esthetic action and statement that took a classical painterly approach to gain depth of color as a reflecting body within the show of variously loud political pieces. The action it self put my position and the work's intention under a question mark. For the opening performance, I started looking for one of the 'invisible' workers wich in New York are usually of Latin or Asian provenance. It was a great shock to me with what kind of distrust my proposal was met. I was offering a full payment plus complete anonymity, still, it seemed almost impossible, until we did find the right person through White box's personnel. He started painting the piece at 6 pm with yellow, to be followed with pink, baby blue and black, only to start again. His face was hidden within a black hoodie; his movement was impeccable. While he had to wait for the layers to dry, he was hiding at the back of the sculpture. When the opening concluded, he simply left. In the coming days, I came sporadically and unannounced during the opening hours and followed the same patteren.
On the 8th of November 2017, the day, eve of the presidential elections in the USA, the piece awaited the public in its last black state. I reached out to a group of artist to perform the last act amidst various action it space. Marty Cacic, Maura Pelletri, Jaanika Paerna, Xiren Wang and Franc Lesbros joined me for the action wich consisted of setting a base in the basement waiting for the peak of the night, right before the results would hit in. First I spray painted the text on it, then everyone else joined me. We surrounded the piece, all dressed in black and covered in hoodies, standing silently. With the given mark we approached the piece and lifted it unanimously. The actions lasted as long as we could.
After the results had come, space was gripped by chaos and nervosis, one of the consequences our camera with all the documentation was stolen, that is why I reached out again to restage the action on the last day before the installation was destroyed. This time Giorgio Guidi, Marty Cacic and Franck Lebros joined me.
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