pink box for
6th Annual PERFORM CHINATOWN: CHAOS REIGNS
Los Angeles, CA 2014
with S. Hattington
[CLICK HERE to view exhibition performance]
For 2 1/2 hours, Sheppard and Hattington were
closed inside a transparent and metal box
measuring 48” x 48” x 13” and attached 10-feet
above the ground on the facade of The Arcade
building at 936 1/2 Mei Ling Way (across from
New Dragon Restaurant and down from Hop Louie’s
Bar). The two performers repeatedly changed re-
stricting positions within the box while caress-
ing one another’s bodies in a public display of
affection. A water hose was attached to the box
which kept the couple’s entangled bodies wet,
and transformed the box itself into a steamy
sauna dripping with a constant pitter-patter
of rain.
The light box was pre-existing signage that had
at one time been used as advertising, left to sit
vacant for years. For pink box Sheppard stripped
the box of its electrical, replaced brittle and
aged Plexiglas with new vibrant fluorescent panes,
and painted the structure pink. The performance
within then became something video-esque and
surreal to the eye, contrasting with the environ-
ment and landscape.
pink box was video-taped from two different
angles: from close-up inside, and; from street-
level out-side the box (videography by Jaime
Scholnick and Sally Coates).
-Western Project
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