On the Rocks, In the Land
In Production. On the Rocks, In the Land examines humans’ relationship to land formations of cultural construction, namely that of the border and/or ‘wall’, and through the lens of a ‘tourist’. Areas of focus: the ‘peace lines’ of Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Berlin Wall, the stonewalls of New England, the fortress of Teotihuacán in Mexico, the Mexican-US border region and more. The project is a series of public performances, landscape paintings – paintings based on paintings on walls, and photographs assembled into video. The works derive from childhood street games and nursery rhymes typical to a particular location.
(1) Belfast, Northern Ireland. Stills from video Dusty Bluebells Belfast (2011).
(2) New England stonewalls (USA). Stills from video-performance.
(3) Occupy Wall Street Movement. Stills from video-performance Bill’s Steps and Anna’s Bed (2011).
