Laurel Nakadate answers to “happy self-portraits people make day after day with with their cell phone cameras and post on Facebook” with 356 Days: A Catalogue of Tears. Every single day in 2010 she took photos of herself before, during, and after weeping in her apartment and on planes, trains, and hotel rooms around the world. Some show her photography training and some have a mobile upload feel. She appears nude and clothed, bawling and welling up. The variety prevents a single daily act from ever becoming repetitive, portraying a true spectrum of sadness. It’s an impressive piece of performance art that shows stamina, discipline, and tenderness.
365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears is on view at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects until June 25th
About one third of the series is currently on display at MoMA PS 1 until August 8th
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