The Confucius
Institute at
Monday 27th April 2009.
Technical
1x digital print (text) presented in a 70x100cm frame.
2x photographic prints presented in a 70x100cm frame.
Background
The title refers to a day spent planting grass with workers in a large public park in East Beijing, in preparation for Labour Day, May 1st. Fistfuls of grass were torn from larger tangles and planted 6 inches apart, in straight rows.
A large frame displays the statement “From 8am until 6pm I planted grass with workers in Chaoyang Park.”
This conceptual and performative work is also presented through photographs of my hands taken before and after the day’s work.
