3 HOURS

Featuring the Wall Sit Performance Group

3rd Annual POW! Action Art Festival

Viracocha, San Francisco

October 14, 2010

Each performer was instructed to do one four-minute wall sit per hour for the first two hours. During the third hour, the goal was to challenge physical limits and maintain the wall sit for as long as possible. While under this duress, performers drew continuously on a sheet of 6’ x 8’ carbon paper mounted on the wall behind them, by pressing against it with a pair of chopsticks.

In the video, the passage of time is marked using a 1:60 ratio, so that a 4-second clip represents a 4-minute drawing, and a 12-second clip represents a 12-minute drawing.

The Wall Sit Performance Group:

Manu Argilli

Susan Batchelder

Matthew Bruss

Kevin Buchanan

Kevin Cissna

Jody Dozono

Jeff Eastham-Anderson

Brian Garcia

Cree Howard

Jocelyn Jones

Darryl C. Norcott

Laurel Shear

Alex Snyder

Nancy Sun

Alicia White

Ray Yokoi