Untitled (Eels)

2001

 
 

Untitled (Eels), 2001 17 minutes

Video of eels in my shirt while laying on my back. 

Eve Oishi writes of Patty Chang’s work  in Camera Obscura, “Her performance pieces can be best described as balancing acts, not only in the way she manipulates her body but in her ability to create works that juxtapose absolute stillness with explosive tension, sly humor with incisive revelation, and penetrating commentary with emotional force.”