Using When Faith Moves Mountains by Francis Alys as my inspiration for this perception-based transformation, I would reduce the numbers of performers within the piece to leave just one volunteer moving item by item of furniture with industrial anomalies from one side of a room to the other, mirroring the exact format the state once existed in. This process would continue in its cycle 500 times to replicate the number of volunteers for Alys’ performance. The simplification of this piece would indicate a shift towards independence while presenting an underlying desire to be connected with others. It will also be an interesting psychological study to witness what would happen if an onlooker got involved to assist the worker which, unlike with the scale of Alys’ piece, may be a plausible outcome.

Francis Alys- When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002