Size - time
Measurements site: 30 x 50 metres, factory wall 30 x15 metres.
Along an imaginary middle line, are 15 sticks constructed from bamboo tubes, are lying on the ground parallel tot teh factory wall.
Lenghtwise they form a series ranging from 1.80 metres (my bodily height) up to 15.00 metres (the height of the factory)
The shortest stick is at the greatest distance from the factory and the distance between the sticks is 3.50 metres. I am white an so are . I am standing near the shortest stick and move along the middle line the direction of the factory, while raisin every stick I meet and lying it down on the other side of the middle line. The move from stick to stick takes about 3 minutes and proceeds to the rhythm of a metronome which I carry on my back. The performance starts when it is still reasonably light, and ends in the dusk. When I am near the factory-wall I raise the last stick which is so heavy that I, with my strength I can only just pull it up. Then I am hardly visible in the twilight and the sound of the metronome is only just to be heard.
year | 1981 |
location | Willem ll fabriek, s'Hertogenbosch NL |
brief description | In a strict development in time I confront my physical power and size with the monumentality of the building. |
photography | Peter Cox |