Watching Water, 2008, 50-sheet pads of intructions for action to be performed at the shoreline, posted at Montserrat College of Art and various community spaces near the ocean in Beverly, Massachusetts. Performed in Beverly and Revere, Massachusetts as well as San Diego and Santa Monica, California
This work is comprised of a simple set of instructions, an invitation to the viewer, as well as a corresponding action.
The text reads:
Watching Water
Approach the water’s edge
Any time of day or night
Notice where the water meets land
Stay as close as possible to the water
Without touching it
Continue as long or as briefly as you like
Return whenever you can