Cleansed by Salt, Captured by Cotton
Pictures by Elzo Bonam | Exhibition: Knowing Cotton Otherwise, closing event | Location: Fashion for Good Museum
This performance was done during the closing event for the almost 12 month long exhibition, Knowing Cotton Otherwise, at the Fashion for Good Museum (2023). As a way to symbolically and tangibly document the movements and activities during the exhibition, the space was cleansed with salt water with the use of cotton rags, under the chanting of living water.
I performed this ritual together with two artist that participated with the exhibition, Caithlin Courtney Chong and Darwin Winklaar. And the show’s creative director, Janice Deul. The soundscape was made with samples from the song, ‘Awa’ (Water), by Izaline Calister.