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“Unseating from an Uncomfortable Chair” (2024), a nod to Bruno Munari's work “Finding Comfort in an Uncomfortable Chair” (1944), presents a home-based participatory performance. It can be ordered by sending the artist an email and will then be delivered in an envelope.

This performance comes with a notation consisting of 14 images, allowing the audience to perform a movement sequence either alone or with others, which explores the process of unseating from an uncomfortable chair. The work aims to inspire the investigation of the chair as a technical invention and as a symbol of power, Western modernity, and passive conformity. Through movement, participants can playfully interact with, protest against, and resist these concepts. The ancient posture of the squat (also known as the Asian Squat) plays a central, spiritual, and subversive role.

The notation is printed on paper and presents a poster, which can be kept folded or hung on the wall for exercise. This performance enhances accessibility and inclusivity. It is an initiatives that brings performance art into personal spaces. It allows individuals with chronic illnesses or disabilities to engage with the performance on their own terms and temporality, thus enhancing the accessibility of the performing arts and challenging ableist structures within traditional theater venues.