In the beginning, I planned to lose weight. In order to motivate myself , to have a reason to keep going, I decided to make an artwork. Much like an actor who loses weight for a role, this artwork would require me to lose weight and persist in doing so. I conceived of many ideas the final form of the work would take and collected every kind of data in the process of creating the artwork. The gym was my studio.

 

      In the 118 days (2/21 - 6/18) during this process of figuring out what the artwork would be, I lost 71 pounds. I had accomplished what I set out to do before I completing the artwork. And I realized I didn't need to make anything concrete at all.