We watch the bell, silent and expectant. Her fingers keep brushing it, but it doesn't ring. As in any durational work that turns on failure, there is a Beckettian element: as the artist jumps, we sometimes brush off the time spent as unsuccessful, anticipating the goal as if we were watching a sporting event where the feat is all that matters. But other ways of seeing float in.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:15PM on September 19, 2013