Sifra Coulet: Reaching Hands and Boundary Objects (2025)
I was thinking about how doing is inherent to our hands.
We handle things. We make, break, manipulate, caress.
We reach out, let our hands travel trough free space
until we encounter a border; an object, a body.
When we shake the hand of another human being,
we minimize the free space between us, to be able to perform a joint action.
A handshake is something we do together.
I did a ritualistic performance during a groupshow by Mondag (mondag.org) at Vrijpaleis Amsterdam.
I asked participants to capture in clay that minimal free space in a handshake.
Sifra Coulet
