Sweeping overview:
October 2019
Performance not for camera, Safehouse 1, 139 Copeland Road, Peckham, London, UK
Performer: Rachel Lonsdale
13 mins 12 seconds
Food bin
Food bin features the artist talking about the food bin in her current house share. A person has placed a plastic pasta tub in the food bin, the artist asks why. The person replies it has some food on it so I put it in the food bin.
i found four teabags in the sink last week. i'm sure they have been put here by a man. they will be moved in time though right
wrong
i watch one of them open the fridge door, hold up the milk to the light. it looks like a fab lolly. theres a clear line divide between white and yellow. i'm sure he'll put it in the bin yes
no
different man has smashed a glass cup. he has swept the pieces of broken glass into a pile next to the bin
i'm looking at a neatly swept pile of glass next to the bin
i'm looking at a neatly swept pile of glass next to the bin
i'm looking at a neatly swept pile of glass next to the bin
different man
he has put a plastic pasta pot in the food bin today. i pull it out. i ask why is there a plastic pasta pot in the food bin. he says the pot had a bit of food on it so it goes in the food bin right
right
right
BURN THE WITCH
01/10/19- 02/10/19
Artists involved:
Zeena Altai
Jasmine Aldridge
Katie Grenville
Rachel Lonsdale
Sarah Nahas
Llinos Owen
Toraigh Watson
Mary Ann Stuart