traces and patterns

I did this performance in Malaysia last year. It involved me cracking, pulling apart and arranging kilos and kilos of mangosteens. They are a beautiful fruit. Each mangosteen has exactly the same number of soft segments inside as there are petals on the top of the fruit. The outside is tough and woody. 

It was an enjoyable performance. Mangosteens have a really nourishing, sweet, milky smell, which filled the room... and the activity was slow and contemplative.

There was also a video of this work, but I lost it on a rogue USB, so all thats left of this performance now are a few photographs. 


 
 
 

The pattern made by the segments reminds me of a reflexology path. Reflexology seemed to be very popular in Malaysia. Lots of the Buddhist temples featured reflexology paths; that visitors would walk along to promote health and healing.