Hold On Tight

EN
Hold On Tight is both image and performance: During the performance, a fragile glass plate is fastened to the wall with staples. The act leaves traces — the glass splinters, cracks form. What remains afterward is the fractured plate, pierced by staples, becoming a new image on the wall.

DE
Hold On Tight ist Bild und Performance zugleich: Nach meiner Performance, in der eine in zerbrechliche, in Pate-de-Verre-Technik hergestellte Glasplatte an die Wand getackert wird, bleibt das Bild des zum Teil gebrochenen Glases mit den Tackernadeln an der Wand als neues Bild bestehen.

Hold on tight . 2017 . Performance . glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable . Photo: Randolph Capelle©

Hold on tight . 2017 . performance (detail). glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable . Photo: Georg Lanz©

Hold on tight . 2017 . performance (video still). glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable . Camera: Randolph Capelle©

Hold on tight . 2017 . wall piece . glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable

Hold on tight . 2017 . wall piece . glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable

Hold on tight . 2017 . Performance . glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable . Photo: Randolph Capelle©

Hold on tight . 2017 . performance (detail). glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable . Photo: Georg Lanz©

Hold on tight . 2017 . performance (video still). glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable . Camera: Randolph Capelle©

Hold on tight . 2017 . wall piece . glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable

Hold on tight . 2017 . wall piece . glass, staples, industrial stapler . dimensions variable