On April 2, 2014, I organized a slightly impromptu collaborative installation/performance as a post-script to Sandrine Schaefer's three month long ACCUMULATION (PHASE 2) project that had just concluded as a part of the exhibit THE LIGHTNING SPEED OF THE PRESENT at the 808 Gallery at Boston University.
Remnant Sale displayed a collection of objects which had been accumulated in an extremely unusual way (and possibly imbued with power not visible at their surfaces,) offering a final opportunity to be near the entire collection of objects and feel their subtle energies. It was also a means of redistributing them.
I acted as a broker for Sandrine in a series of negotiations with potential new owners of the objects. We offered the opportunity to purchase them to incorporate into new projects; for their pedigree; for their straightforward use value (where applicable); or in exchange for a performance.
Remnant Sale was intended as a means of providing closure for Sandrine's project and also as an exploration of valuation in art within an artistic community. The photos and videos here document the installation and performance, as well as several performances created in partial trade for particular objects.
(Mixed media, performance.)
Photo credit: Elaine Thap.
This video is documentation of an impromptu performance made by a Remnant Sale shopper, Marcus Aurin, in partial payment for a duck call he purchased at the sale. The duck call had previously been used in several performances that were a part of Sandrine Shaefer's ACCUMULATION (Phase 2) project at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the Spring of 2014. Video credit: Elaine Thap.
Documentation of an impromptu performance made by a Remnant Sale shopper, Kelly Hunter, in partial payment for a jar containing a preserved strawberry that she purchased at the sale. The jar and strawberry had previously been used in several performances that were a part of Sandrine Shaefer's ACCUMULATION (Phase 2) project at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the Spring of 2014.
April 2, 2014. Photo Credit: Elaine Thap.
This video is documentation of an impromptu performance made by a Remnant Sale attendee, Elaine Thap, in partial payment for a tuxedo shirt and a red tie that she purchased at the sale. The shirt and tie had previously been used in several performances that were a part of Sandrine Shaefer's ACCUMULATION (Phase 2) project at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the Spring of 2014. Video credit: Heather Kapplow.