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Boundaries that lie
2004
In this work, I tried to articulate the meaning of freedom in many ways. When I started to understand, that freedom is not something that is given by others, but it should come from our individual willing to have it. When we think we need a freedom, we are probably already a free person. I was then thinking and questioning about the different meanings of freedom. In Europe, where the society supposed to have more freedom, a protetected area for theis society's freedom, I felt much more restricted than my own country. Somehow, there are values that we should probably not equalizing it in a same standard of value. As we live within so many kinds of boundaries in our lives, we tend to move restricted.
in Boundaries that lie, I used rubber bands attached on the iron construction installed on the wall above a shelf, two meters high from the floor. I moved with the rubber bands, as loose bondage for my movements.
Duration of the performance: 3 hours
Performed at:
HBK, Braunschweig, Germany 2004
MarTa Herford, Germany, 2004
Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta, 2006
performed at the HBK Braunschweig,2004. Photo by Amanda Coogan
performed at the MarTa Herford, Germany, ,2004. Photo by Carola Schmidt
performed at the Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta. Photo by Sari