a shadow too heavy...
a shadow too heavy
42-hour durational drawing performance — MADE BY ERASING, IN WHICH THE DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND CONSTITUTES THE FINISHED WORK
completed in 7, 6-hour shifts over the course of 1 week—
documentation images were taken at the end of each shift
powdered graphite was buffed and burnished on a 7’ x 8’ section of wall over the course of 6 hours
each subsequent 6-hour session is spent methodically removing the burnished graphite from the wall surface using white plastic erasers
at the end of each 6-hour session, a documentation image is taken
all eraser shavings are preserved, as they are the drawing
the shavings are a physical quantification of time—
each tailing is embedded with the graphite that was once on the wall
and the physical exertion required to remove it
