Inflatable pad plan
Text / Penelope Green "New York Times" Translation / Lu Yan He Shulun Edit / Lu Yan
33-year-old Luo Kenya (Kenya Robinson) is a New York artist, started in January this year, she decided to do some time homeless, practical way to spend the night of performance art, she called the "inflatable cushion Plan" .
"Inflatable cushion Plan" is inspired by Ka Aide (Ed Casabian) adventure.
Ka Aide is an online news site, a financial analyst in New York last year began a 52-week journey, each living in someone else's apartment last week, for the treatment of romance hurt feelings.
Luo Kenya's spend the night in a period of 13 weeks of performance art. Her landlord to help, including 10 hours of housework to do. She sent the plan of the arts in Manhattan and Brooklyn counterparts and ask them to forward widely. She said the project as "inflatable cushion plan."
Luo Kenya inherently dynamic, and gregarious, she knows a good lodging must be a genius to master conversation skills, very clever but extremely modest, as etiquette expert Emily • Dempster (Emily Post) in the 1922 edition of "Emily • Dumpster etiquette," a book mentioned: "No matter what happened Do not show annoyance or disappointment. even hot soup spilled on your back and do not care." Dumpster great-grandson wife Paige • Dempster will be the guests described as "family change the swap." Reprinted in 1997, she was the "Emily • Dumpster etiquette" writes: "The most considerate guests that do not serve immediately, and help do chores to prove."
As a young artist living in New York, Luo Kenya on the road all the way to rough in the art. She has worked in commercial buildings in Sunset Park, night studio, where to stop heating at 6 pm each day, rent $ 500. She slept in a military bed, but fortunately there is a blanket. The room has a hot water tap, she bought a bucket filled with hot water, then take a bath in the bucket. From the autumn of 2009, the Luo Kenya Cultural Association in lower Manhattan to get a studio. During that time she was 4 hours a day lying on the office file cabinet full of sleep, the other time to work. She said: "All 24 hours can be the office, I do not want anyone to find where I sleep, so I basically work all the time. This approach very effective."
As before the signing of the first 10 weeks of lodging the agreement homeowners were busy working, could not receive her, Luo Kenya sent an email to seek a successor. At the last minute, Tom • Brent provided to Luo Kenya his home floor. Brent from Arizona, looked thin and tall, he is a friend of a friend Luo Kenya. Luo Kenya This is the first time I saw him. Brent Green Point area in Brooklyn, has a two-bedroom apartment, and another roommate to share, there are two cats in his jump out of the bedroom. Brent are installed with the shower curtain in the bathroom, hastily wiping the floor clean. He also sorry to say, "I have tried to clean up cat hair to at least the." Brent is a performance artist and freelance writer, I am happy to open his gates for the Luo Kenya. "We work very hard, low expectations of conditions."
During the 32-year-old spend the night birthday coincides with Brent, he was near his home club to celebrate. Luo Kenya are also invited to participate, but it has long been the key with Brent home to bed. Brent said, "a few hours later, my roommate was not rag tired, I finally decided to take his keys to go home, got my key, and then ran back to the club, put the key back roommate . "He was wearing the clothes of gold Guangcan run the streets, attracted the attention of the police," What is sparkling? "Brent explained that because of birthdays and key," I was shocked the police. "
Such as Brent home, Luo Kenya have fallen asleep, but still the light on. When she woke up and told Brent how like his own music collection. Brent said: "We simply talked, found we can be sent each other an excuse to escape. I woke up early in the morning, she was gone."
So far, the homeowner received Luo Kenya has only one 3 bedroom. You worry about snoring? She said did not mind too. She has tried to "Emily • Dumpster etiquette," a book of ideas concrete.
For example, homeowners spend the night in Week 1 • Ray's career Simone was a sculptor, using mint-flavored toothpaste TJ, Ray Robinson to help create shape such as missiles, like the chest and fruit ceramic art.
Week 3 lodging house owner Tony is an actor Tina • Ge Sibai, use Colgate toothpaste, triple protection, the product of her West Village studio with piles of scripts, exudes a musty. Luo Kenya to assist her in finishing the script, cleaned the room.
Week 5 lodging owner Lai Chesi • Husserl only white Colgate toothpaste is the foundation of a studio manager, and two-bedroom living with same-sex girlfriend. She helped organize artists, teach them to write authorization, clean studio, for the work invoice, and to exchange large art collection. She said: "I help artists learn to help themselves." In her home, Luo Kenya responsible for the cooking. Luo Kenya Husserl evaluation of performance art, said: "Luo Kenya surfing the couch, placed in the public view of modern life, this experience is like having a very close friend in your house. Luo Kenya time to leave I really could not bear. "
The Kitchen in New York avant-garde theater director Rui Xida • Bang Burui deputy, said: "I like the Luo Kenya to encourage other artists to participate in the planned approach," Luo Kenya spend the night in the apartment when the mine, Bang Burui to visited her, "she reminds me of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s smash hit was a continuation of Art (a long time the art involved in acts of public space)." Bangbu Rui recalled William • Popu wearing a Superman cape with his elbow supporting climb performance art in Manhattan, "He has had to carry the weight of the body, dragging themselves everywhere, leads people to start thinking about this performance art to convey mean? Luo Kenya with reference to The performance art of all similar cases. "
Early May, Luo Kenya were enrolled at Yale University, studying Master of Fine Arts, will be held early in September to school. She will continue to find a place to spend the night, to continue this performance art. While in the first 10 weeks, her boyfriend can not stand, he is not the artist. Not long ago, he asked Luo Kenya go home: "Why did you do that? You really have to finish it back?"
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