HELD UP

Held up is a site specific project that will explore relationships between two individuals and what the fundamental ideas are that keep them connected. It is essentially a quest to prove or disprove the hypothesis that things that bond two people together (and even a person to themselves), are the same cross-culturally. To answer this question, we will travel the world having discussions with locals about their lives and relationships. We will then see how we can better understand their answers through the lens of movement. A body of work that has previously been built will be translated and informed by these regional interviews and be placed against a prominent wall in each place that will serve as the back drop for this exploration. Upon completion of this journey, the works will all be placed side by side to compare the similarities and differences in these movement studies in hopes to better understand the foundation of the human relationship.