Performed during the opening of Thresholds: Reimagining Domesticity, Labor, and Identity at PS122 Gallery, this work featured two women on their hands and knees, scrubbing the gallery floor with a red bucket, red gloves, and brushes.Through this simple yet relentless act, the performance evoked the invisible, gendered labor passed down across generations—a gesture repeated endlessly in kitchens, hallways, and domestic spaces. Here, the act of cleaning was recontextualized: transformed from routine maintenance into a charged ritual, confronting viewers with the bodily toll of inherited expectations.The title underscores the tension between the intimate and the systemic, reminding us that each moment of labor is not isolated but part of a continuum. The performance asks: what roles do we inherit, and how might repetition become both a burden and a form of resilience?
