Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made Morgan Wong

14 September – 14 September 2013

“Life is a life sentence. Life is passing time. Life is free thinking.”

Tehching Hsieh.

Tintype is pleased to present Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, a one-day performance event by Morgan Wong.

Wong will spend a day in Tintype’s gallery space with an iron bar that is the same height and weight as himself, 173cm high, weighing 63kg. His ultimate aim is to file the bar down to the size of a needle.

 

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view

Morgan Wong

Filing Down a Steel Bar until a Needle is Made, 2013

Installation view