Your Turn

Walls both divide and join. The artists live on opposite sides of a vertical climbing wall for 10 days. All amenities needed for this length of time, including bathroom, kitchen, sitting and sleeping stations pass through the wall like drawers sliding from one side to the other. Desired amenities are only available to one inhabitant at a time, so daily life requires continual negotiation and sharing – but the wall itself adds a wrinkle, making face-to-face meetings impossible and hearing each other difficult. This work was generously commissioned by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.