BEN GOULD

      

Mark



POLARITIES (-|+) 




Public performance
2014
CONSISTS OF TWO CONSECUTIVE STAGES:
1. FLOAT IN A SENSORY DEPRAVATION TANK FOR 60 MINUTES.
2. IN A DENSELY POPULATED PUBLIC SPACE, FALL FORWARD ONTO THE GROUND REPEATEDLY FOR 60 MINUTES DIRECTLY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF STAGE 1 AND WITHOUT PAUSE.


THE PERFORMANCE ENDED AFTER I HAD COMPLETED 50 MINUTES OF THE SECOND STAGE, WHEN I WAS FORCED TO STOP BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN TIMES SQUARE.




Video documentation taken 45 minutes into the second stage of the performance



Photograph taken immediately after the Sensory Depravation Tank was opened
Photograph taken immediately after the Sensory Depravation Tank was opened