Mark: Knot

Endurance performance, 2017

Mark: Knot alludes to Greek and Asian myths of fate. Blindfolded, I tie knots in a long line of red string. Each knot marks the passing time, the unseen future, and the hope for a sense of purpose. The performance begins with a ball of string that measures 5,200 yards, the equivalent of 5,200 weeks, or 100 years.

This performance is part of Simple Actions, a series that explores the meditative possibilities of domestic labor. Many of my actions reflect a Sisyphean futility, a repetition that renders minimal production. I perform each act in an abandoned industrial site, a place of male-dominance in the global West. My bodily presence, and my reference to traditionally female roles, opens a dialog that centers upon gender, history, location, and our common desires for what is unattainable, and continually elusive.