Nike Shoe Box

2019

14'' x 9'' x 7''

rice paper wrap, Nike shoes, hot plate, wok

Duration: an hour (4:15 pm to 5:15 pm on 06/12/2019)

Location: New York

Origin of Materials: Vietnam, China

Description: Nike shoes made in Vietnam are placed in a shoebox that is made out of Vietnamese rice paper wraps. Placing over an Asian cooking pan with boiling water, the steams soften the rice papers and the shoes eventually drop into the pan. The fragile packaging can no longer protect the shoes. This performance implies how commodities under American Capitalism are threatened when the foreign labor of production is destroyed.