Farewell to Myself

The performance consisted of a plastic container with soil in it, the performer read a poem as a eulogy, and then lied down in the container filled with soil, slowly removing his garments.

The performer then started chanting a text commonly used in Buddhist funerals. In the end, the performer buried the garments in the container. The space exhibited the remains from the performance, and the performer returned at 6 PM to dig up the garments in the soil and try them on again in a private setting.

Special thanks to City Artist Corps Grants.

Location: Local Project, Queens, NY.