Performance, business suits, inflatable pool
2012

June's Pool was a performance piece which was part of a group show, "'Traits ", curated by John Batten and exhibited in Ox Ware House, Macau, in 2012

In this presentation, RU members wore the business suits, each carrying an inflatable pool. The three artists started to inflate their respective pools by mouth. Artists then filled the pool with water after finishing inflating the pool. The artists then immersed themselves in the pools. While soaked, the artists deflated the pools by impaling them with needles hidden inside their suit pockets. The impaling actions were repeated until the pools toppled and all the water leaked. Afterwards, the artists left their pools and undressed, then folded the suits carefully, dragged the deflated pools into the art space, hung the suits, and placed them in the prearranged place by the show's curator.

The piece, named "June's Pool ", is rather a pseudo-title of leaving the piece under the name "untitled". The performance merely happened in the month of June and nothing more. On the contrary, it can be seen as the self-portrait of the group.

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