“Touch and Go”, 2007. Performance. 2 hours. Performed with Monica Carrier.
In “Touch and Go” (2007) Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow takes on the role of an athletic swimmer in training. Competing with no one else but herself, the artist depends on the viewers to dictate a swimming technique, which she then sets out to perform from one end of the swimming platform to the other. Lyn-Kee-Chow’s action only comes to rest in a floating position after a lap is completed and awaits for the coach to train her. This performance reveals the endurance of the athlete under direction and comments on the goals one may set out to accomplish while accepting the physical risks of the game.