Présence, fall 1997
a solo intervention / durational performance within the group project entitled sur l'expérience de la ville : interventions en milieu urbain organized by Gallery Optica Over a period of eight weeks beginning in September of 1997, I on a wooden market bench placed in various places around the city of Montreal which have a high degree of pedestrian traffic. My work during this time consisted of crocheting an object ( memory / tent/ garment / cocoon / body bag). Two colours were used: yellow for the time that I was working in solitude and alternately I switched to purple when people chose to make contact or establish a connection with my being (out of context) involved in this activity. The thread, used traditionally in the making of Jewish religious men's head-coverings called Kippot or Yarmulkas is extremely fine and made from pure cotton.