"A repeated gesture is a way of making something gigantic. When Art Production Fund approached her to imagine a work for the three-acre turf field at the Santa Monica airport during Frieze, her mind went to performance. To activate the synthetic green space, she realised she needed to create something that engaged both the physical conditions of the site and the temporary context of the fair."
"Pushing a 75lb inflatable around in circles for seven hours a day certainly qualifies as an athletic feat, if not a mental one. She sees the rolling, lapping gesture as a kind of metric for the length of the fair-nearly 30 hours over the course of four days. As a clock's hands circle the face, her body will orbit the field's perimeter."
"Printed on the globe is Nasa's famous 1972 'Blue Marble' photograph of the Earth seen from space-a recurring motif in Ross-Ho's practice. I'm drawn to contradiction. On one hand, the gleaming planet is an 'establishing shot' that encompasses all of life; on the other, it makes the Earth seem small and manageable."
Amanda Ross-Ho developed Untitled Orbit (MANUAL MODE) for Art Production Fund at Santa Monica airport during Frieze, a performance-based installation where she continuously rolls a 75-pound inflatable globe printed with NASA's 1972 Blue Marble photograph around the field's perimeter. The work functions as a temporal metric, with her body orbiting the field like clock hands circling a face, spanning nearly 30 hours across four days. Ross-Ho views repeated gestures as a method for creating monumentality, and the globe's imagery reflects her interest in contradiction—simultaneously presenting Earth as an all-encompassing establishing shot and as something small and manageable. The work engages both the physical conditions of the site and the temporary context of the fair.
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