While rolling, pushing, and pulling a large circular ladder form, the artist subverts the familiar function and metaphor of the utilitarian object of the wheel. By converting the shape of a ladder into a rolling reciprocal structure, Rossi establishes a symbolic public action that emphasizes an alternative egalitarian mode of social organization and presents a possibility for a “ladder of success†without a beginning or end, top or bottom.
On Saturday, October 6 from 11am-1pm, the performance will begin and end in the park on 14th Street and Eleventh Avenue, moving to and from Eighth Avenue.
Sunday, October 7 from 6-8pm, the performance will begin and end at Second Avenue and 14th Street, looping through Stuyvesant Town while moving to and from Avenue C.
Monday, October 8 from 9-11am, the performance will begin and end at First Avenue and 14th Street, moving to and from Fifth Avenue and looping through Union Square Park.
Saturday, October 13 from 4-6pm, the performance will begin at Irving Place and 14th Street and loop through Union Square Park as it moves west towards Eighth Avenue.
Sunday, October 14 from 10am-3pm, the performance will begin on 14th Street and Avenue C and move west along the entire length the street to end at the park on Eleventh Avenue.
artist info
Incorporating performative actions, sculpture, photography, and video, Steve Rossi’s work addresses issues and ideas related to American cultural identity and consumer identity, the hand-made verses the mass-produced, and notions of community and shared experience in contemporary culture.
