I've been reading a lot about these ritual practices and the idea of using objects to affect the world. Patty Chang says she originally wanted to cut out holes in a lawn, insert waterbeds, and replace the sod. She could have created her own personal earthquake. For lack of a lawn, however, she stuck to one waterbed at the SculptureCenter, filled just enough to make it seem like she's walking on mush. She falls a lot.
Balance is impossible.
In the video simulcast, she appears to be walking on a deck in rough water. The imperfect storm. She says she wanted to make something about instability, and she'll be doing a new piece, as yet undetermined, for the July 15 show. Chang often plays with how technology changes perception. In one of her signature pieces, Fountain , she kneels to slurp water from a mirror.