Start to pull your own weight!
While we have experience weighing our ‘existence’ by measuring the numbers on a scale, we have never experienced sensing ‘myself’ as an ‘existential value.’
This installation work enables the audience to actively participate and experience one’s own physical weight. Two same weights are hung on each side of the two pulleys attached to the ceiling. In other words, the installation work is structured as a scale in the state of ‘0.’
While standing on a wooden plank, the audience can lift oneself up by pulling the stick down. This series of action enables the audience to clearly perceive one’s weight through the tactile sensation on two hands. At the same time, it allows the audience to overcome one’s own weight and the gravity. At a certain height and a specific position of the body, the audience will be able to see the contour of one’s own face as well as the physical effort, reflected in the installed water bucket. The weight of an individual no longer exists as an abstract number; through this active experiment, one is recognized as a physical entity.
Start to pull your own weight!, Wood, Rope, Bucket, Water, Pulley,
100*300 cm,
2017
@ All Photos by Anbuh