Foot Massage (video documentation)
(In-situ view at Hong Kong ArtWalk 2014, Hong Kong)
Performance and installation
dimensions variable
2014
Several reflexology professionals were hired to give free foot massage services to visitors during ArtWalk. This was an experience-orientated piece, as the collective tried to disconnect the senses of seeing, hearing and touching by simultaneously distorting the audience’s minds. The foot massage business is known for its ‘seediness’ in some places in Asia, and the artists emphasised such a notion as a social symbol to create a paradoxical tension (participants heard ‘heavy breathing’) while reminding participants of the purpose behind the event (reflexologists providing a simple foot massage).