The Swan Tool combines video, performance, live music and helium to tell the story of a woman (played by July) who cannot decide whether to live or die. Rather than choose, she digs a hole in her backyard and buries he...展开rself. Following the self-burial she attempts to continue living and working, but the thing in the hole will not die and she is unable to forget about it. In this performance July stands on a narrow catwalk between two screens, one behind her top half, and one in front of her bottom half.
Music by Zac Love
Digital production by Mitsu Hadeishi
Co-commissioned by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Performed here and at sites such as The Institute of Contemporary Art (London), The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and Diverse Works (Houston).