Graphic logo, black angular L-shaped form on white background, minimalist geometric design with bold right-angle composition.

Lina Vargas De La Hoz

Performance textile collage, male performer sitting on floor with open legs and standing female performer physically connected by zippered fabric attachments linking feet via socks and hips via t-shirt, performing interdependent movement in white gallery space with industrial floor.
Performance art, two people connected by fabric at their collar, interacting in a physical movement, photographed in a minimalist studio setting.
Performance art, group of people connected by modified clothing, posing in a coordinated formation, photographed against a white wall in a studio.
Installation, black shirt and white socks hanging from a wire henger, suspended in mid-air above a stack of clothes, photographed in a gallery space.

Multiple participants connect their clothing through integrated zippers. Each garment offers four possible connection points, allowing for constantly shifting bodily configurations. Movement unfolds playfully and without predetermined choreography. Chance, negotiation, and physical response determine the course and form of the action. Bodies become temporarily linked — supporting, restraining, or depending on one another. Movement turns into a collective task, balance into a shared responsibility. Social relations emerge as fragile and dynamic structures. Identity is not presented as a fixed individual state, but as something continuously produced through contact, interdependence, and collective action.

Publication details

Type

Textil object/ Performance

Year

2011

Materials

Everyday clothing, separable zippers, bodies

Dimentions

Performance documentations: 3:10 min / 1:00 min / 1:00 min