point to touch, to touchpoint fall low up lands, low fall lands up you resemble the wall, you resemble the garden

2023 – ongoing

point to touch, to touchpoint... is a project series by nonhumanities (Conrad Cheung, Anna Hogg, Katie Schetlick). Through installation, video, sound, wearable, and performance, the series asks how familiar spatial genres like the maze might be reimagined as sites for alternative modes of sociality and embodiment, reconfigured dynamics of power, multiplications of narrative, processes of cooperation and community, and more. What it would be like to suspend, for a moment, the knowability, nameability, and function of typologized spaces — parking lots, gardens, malls — so that forms of nameless playing, wandering, and communing might be allowed to flourish? Participatory performances that encourage, mirror, and archive the movement and interaction of attendees in and around the installation punctuate each iteration in the series.

sound design by Adrian Wood; costume construction by Annie Temmink; assistant camera by Kaitlyn Paston

with thanks to many, including Lindsey Arturo, Jasmine Brown, Kathy Buchet, Unicia Buster, Nicole Chakeris, Emily Daniel, Kevin Everson, Robin Helme, Jay Hogg, Kate Hogg, Paula Hogg, Kellyn Kusyk, Rachel Lane, Hyebin Lee, Jolinna Li, Laura Mellusi, Adrian Moore, Neal Rock, Eric Schmidt, and Emma Todd

first iteration: Ruffin Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2023

existing architecture, pine, poplar, stainless steel, acrylic sheets, vinyl, silicone, printed spandex, polyester stuffing, projectors, speakers, looping HD and 4K videos (single- and two-channel), looping sound, performance score, cabling, hardware

8.25 x 19 x 25 ft

performances by Katie Schetlick, Katelyn Hale Wood, Rachel Lane, Kevin Jerome Everson, Conrad Cheung, and various members of the public

second iteration: 401 W. Broad Street (formerly Moore’s Auto Body and Paint Shop), Richmond, VA

2023

existing architecture, pine, poplar, steel trusses, vinyl, acrylic sheets, printed spandex, polyester stuffing, projectors, speakers, looping HD and 4K videos (single-, two-, and three-channel), looping sound, performance score, cabling, hardware, lights

17 x 91.5 x 50.5 ft

performances by Sara Burtner, Elena Dimitri, Nandhini Kathiravan, Maya Koehn-Wu, Meixin Yu, Paige Werman, Gabrielle Richardson, Katie Schetlick, and various members of the public