Boots for rising waters
From the series: They paved paradise, put up a parking lot· 2008 – 2010
Performance · 2008
5 photographs · Edition of 10 + 2 AP
9 sculptures · Gumboots and timber · 2008 · Sold
Boots for rising waters V · photograph · 2008
Nine women ascend the steps of Cologne’s Dom Cathedral in exaggeratedly glossy high-platformed gumboots. Each model must be assisted by a Helper, without whom walking is impossible. The participants ascend the steps with increasing precariousness, clustering finally at the cathedral doors with their feet drawn up against the tide.
The boots are humorous and baroque and the question they raise is serious: can only the wealthy adapt to rising waters?
Boots for rising waters II · photograph · 2008
Boots for rising waters III · photograph · 2008
Boots for rising waters range in height from 10 to 30 cm, allowing the wearer to select a height appropriate for the day’s level of flooding.
Boots for rising waters IV · photograph · 2008
Boots for rising waters I · photograph · 2008
The work has subsequently been re-performed at Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin (2009) and Artereal Gallery, Sydney (2010).
Boots for rising waters · exhibition installation · 2009
Boots for rising waters · exhibition installation · 2010
Also in this series
For collectors
Boots for rising waters is available as a performance work and 5 photographs. Works are a limited edition of 10 + 2 AP and available from €700 unframed.
Enquire about this workFor galleries and curators
Boots for rising waters is available for exhibition, loan and re-performance. Proposals and studio visits are welcome.
Discuss an exhibition