June’s Pool

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 at Ox Warehouse, Macau, 2012

In this presentation, RU members wore business suits, each carrying an inflatable pool. The three artists inflated their respective pools by mouth. The artists then filled the pools with water after finishing inflating them. 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. They repeated the impaling until the pools toppled and all the water leaked out. Afterwards, the artists left their pools and undressed, then carefully folded the suits, dragged the deflated pools into the art space, hung the suits, and placed them in the prearranged spot by the show's curator.

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