Bound by Longing, 10 year anniversary exhibition
Dominik Mersch Gallery, 2017

Live Endurance Performance, Before, then and now, Duration 2 hours. The live performance is a live iteration of the video Performance Bound by Longing, 2016.

For 2 hours, I lift my family photo albums one by one, and as I stack them, the weight grows heavier. I pile the albums on my chest, then lift and balance them above my head. They sway, and it is up to me to keep them steady and move with them to ensure they don't fall. When they slip and fall to the floor around me or hit my body, I pick them up, realign them, and strengthen the stack before lifting and pushing them up again.

For more information:
https://www.dominikmerschgallery.com/exhibition/7781-2/

https://www.dijk.com.au/Bound-by-Longing-2016

Images by Erica Izard.