HOW MANY HEARTBEATS IN A FOOTPRINT +
2021
‘How Many Heartbeats in a Footprint’ is a series of 4 durational performances, which uses vast numbers of repetitive movements to create 4 large paintings. Each number attached to each performance has a specific meaning and is connected to fundamental stages of the artist’s life, from embryonic phase to present moment.
The construction and development of the paintings happened during and through performance, which required the gradual increase of duration, from 8 to 12, 16, and 24 hours of non-stop gesture.
HOW MANY HOURS TO BECOME HUMAN +
8hrs non stop performance
6240 hours spent in mothers’ womb, from June 24 1996 to March 3 1997
Acrylic on canvas, 200cm x 250cm
HOW MANY FOOTSTEPS TO FREEDOM +
12hrs non stop performance
32.250 footsteps from home, in Floresti village, to highschool in Onesti, and back
Acrylic on canvas roll, 210cm x 1000cm
HOW MANY HEARTBEATS FOR ART +
16hrs non stop performance
110.820 heartbeats the day I was accepted at Chelsea College of Arts, March 6 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 200cm x 300cm
HOW MANY HOURS IN A LIFETIME +
24hrs non stop performance
212.328 hours lived so far, in 24 years
Acrylic on canvas, 200cm x 300cm