[] Diane Borsato

'Wondering How Long He Can Keep Up the World

Video
Mississauga, Ontario, 2005

Description

I came across a soccer ball designed to look like a globe. My father is an avid soccer player and fan. I asked him to perform for a video – to see how long he could keep the ball up in the air by “juggling” it with his knees, feet and head.

In the video we are heard negotiating everything from the terms of the performance art to international relations. I pushed him relentlessly to continue “keeping up the world”, until he quit, exhausted and dripping with sweat.

The video was shot in my parents’ Mississauga, Ontario driveway in 2005.'

'Artifacts in my Mouth

Performance/ intervention and photographs
Ste. Hyacinthe, Québec, 2003

Description

I was given permission to put museum artifacts in my mouth. I opened the vitrines with the technician, and was allowed to experience the objects, with my tongue, lips, and sense of smell. I was permitted to put a peacock’s head, an Egyptian statuette, a lasso, an unknown bone, and a model of the moon into my mouth for a brief period.

The work was enacted at the Museum of Ste. Hyacinthe in Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec in 2003.'

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