Photography: Andreia Pocas; Kimbal Bumstead
Kimbal Bumstead’s Touch Tent, which was secreted in the corner of the event space, disclosed only movements against the tent’s sides and the scent of essential oils to onlookers. The shoes of participants left at the entrance signified when it was occupied. Individuals were led into the tent by the artist’s hand whilst made to stoop. Inside, Bumstead wore a large black sphere to conceal his head, and in rejection of the common reliance on vision he proceeded to touch participants’ faces, drawing what he sensed into a sketchbook with a stick of graphite. The interaction felt exceptionally intimate, as if secluded from the outside and receiving something exclusive; however the sketchbook’s collection of drawings shows how each encounter was one of many.
Exhibition of documentation
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