The Lasting #2: A Shoeflower (2007) :: A two-week performance and installation project exploring themes of lastness and sustainability through visual, textual, and performance-based transformations of a vehicle.
The project was created for Art 44/46, a public art festival in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, and was made possible through a partnership with I-GO Car Sharing. The work consisted of a daytime state, a night-time state, and daily performances at sunrise and sunset.
FULL PROJECT DETAILS
Daytime State
dates: October 12 - October 31
location: 3300 N Ashland or on the road
time: 8:30am - 5:30pm
The vehicle, a hybrid car, is in normal use as part of the I-GO Car Sharing program. A text, "Lasting Directive #1", has been mapped to the body of the car in the shape of Lakeview's 44th ward. When not in use by I-GO members, the car is stationed at the Whole Foods at 3300 N Ashland.
Sunset Performance
dates: October 13- October 20
location: near the intersection of Wellington Avenue and Broadway in Lakeview, in the vicinity of the Wellington Avenue Church of Christ (as close as possible depending on parking)
time: sunset (first performance: Saturday, October 13, 6:13pm. Performances are progressively 1-2 minutes earlier each evening)
The vehicle is taken off the road. Apprentice figures perform various constructive alterations to the vehicle involving a custom car cover in the image of a shoe, a green roof garden trellis, and texts written by the I-GO Car Sharing community in response to the question, How do you last? The resulting sculptural object remains in place for the night.
Sunrise Performance
dates: October 13- October 20
location: near the intersection of Wellington Avenue and Broadway in Lakeview, in the vicinity of the Wellington Avenue Church of Christ (as close as possible depending on parking)
time: sunrise (first performance: Saturday, October 14, 7:02am. Performances are progressively 1-2 minutes later each morning)
The vehicle is returned to the road. Apprentice figures perform the sunset performance in reverse. The car is once again in use by the I-GO Car Sharing community.
Conceived and directed by Judd Morrissey & Mark Jeffery
Text by Lin Hixson
Car cover by Claire Ashley
Garden roof trellis by Jeff Carter
Plant arrangements by Lori Talley
Performers: David Cook, Sarah Elliott, Sean O'Connell, Caleb Rexford, Jenna Rieker
Art 44/46 was curated by Stuart Keeler
Special thanks: Deborah Ackles and Richard Kosmacher of I-GO Cars, Lakeview Chamber of Commerce, Goat Island Performance Group, Wellington Avenue Church of Christ
Camera: John W Sisson Jr
