I Will Come To You, 2014

participatory performance and installation, Club Guggenheim, KAIKU, Helsinki, Finland

"Ah, middle school dances. So awkward, so smelly. Though you might not have always found a willing slow dance partner, when you did, you probably stood as far away from them as possible and avoided eye contact at all costs, rendering the act of slow dancing itself entirely pointless. But at least the music was good!"

During the night, every hour or so, the electronic music at KAIKU club was abruptly stopped by a 90's school disco slow jam, such as I Will Come to You/Hanson or Unbreak My Heart/Toni Braxton. During the slow song a smoke machine and a disco-ball were turned on and I asked an audience member to slow dance with me. After the song, the music and the set returned to normal as if nothing had happened. The club transformed into an awkward school disco and back within minutes.

Commissioned by: Club Guggenheim, KAIKU