Coolie 苦力

Live Performance March 20, 2019. Matsumoto Art Center, 24th Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF 2019), Matsumoto, Japan.
Curated by Seiji Shimoda 霜田誠二

參觀松本城堡後，城堡的防禦性花園空間，不僅讓我感觸到，再度想像到當時工人的辛苦、汗水和小心翼翼地施工，利用當下強烈的直覺感，並運用擦汗的毛巾、城堡裡面的花園ㄧ些小碎石和石磚來進行創作。表演過稱中，我試圖不讓石磚因毛巾的高低關係而翻倒，這個狀態處理當下想像中，施工時的一種謹慎感和精神。

After visiting the Matsumoto Castle, the garden space of the castle permeated a sense of defensiveness, not only made me feel but further imagine the hard work, sweats of the workers and carefulness in construction at that time. I applied that very feeling at that moment to my performance, by using a sweat towel, small amount of gravels from the garden inside the castle, and a stone brick to compose this performance. I tried not to let the stone brick flipped over due to the height of the towel. This particular moment of action reflected a sense of caution and spirit in the construction of the castle.