EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

The Big Dipper

Photograph, 2007

“The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe.”

John Berger, Ways of Seeing

How to Heal a Broken Heart.

Instructional Performance, 2008

  1. Place adhesive letters over your heart

  2. Wear for 24 hours

  3. May be worn repeatedly

You Are the Apple of My Eye.

Instructional Performance, 2009

  1. Visualize the face of your beloved.

  2. Pick an apple and take a bite.

  3. With each bite, mentally recite something you love about this person.

  4. When you finish eating the whole apple, text this person the following, "You are the apple of my eye."

In the event that texting is not an option, simply send a telepathic version of the text from your mind to his/hers.

Being Everywhere at Once.

Instructional Performance, 2010

  1. Blow up a white balloon.

  2. As you fill it with your breath, imagine that you are filling it with your essence.

  3. Carry the balloon to the highest place you can safely reach.

  4. Hold the balloon toward the open sky.

  5. Pop the balloon.

  6. Imagine your breath being caught by the wind and dispersed into the atmosphere, allowing some part of you to be everywhere at once.

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