UNDERMASS
A PERFORMANCE WITH MICHAEL HEIZER'S LEVITATED MASS










Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass sat on the lawn of LACMA. I had seen it many times, but it never really caught my attention. That was until I saw, Levitated Mass: The Story of Michael Heizer's Monolithic Sculpture, a documentary that takes you on the journey of one man's dream of the perfect boulder, and how it brought together a city and its surrounding counties. ​It was life-changing to see the process of this art piece I always thought was simply a rock.
Like the artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo, Heizer has shown me why you have to believe in your work even if it takes several decades before it comes to life.
As soon as I returned to LA, I returned to this boulder I ignored for years. Like my other movement pieces, I was curious about what performance and photographs would come when my energy united with this ancient 340-ton rock-turned sculpture.
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This performance took place in February of 2021.


