Jennifer Chua

This performance/installation consisted of a series of instructions which asked volunteers to grab a rope and walk in a specific pattern that braided the ropes together. The ropes were made of bundled monofilament; there were 1,000 strands of monofilament, each ending in 1,000 porcelain palm prints.  Once the instructions were given, the volunteers were left to their own devices like a pendulum set into motion.  As the volunteers became smoother at weaving the monofilaments together, the sounds of tinkling porcelain and laughter mingled into an event that was joyful, awkward, and sincere. Performed December 17th, 2013, in The Commons Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in Honolulu, HI.