Walking Still

Walking Still is an intricate kinetic mechanism that perpetually moves a pair of silk-fused footwear to walk. Within the wooden box are two motors that lift the shoes alternately - producing a hefty sound with each ‘footstep’.

The audible quality of the work contradicts the lightweight nature of the shoes and its underwhelming act of walking in place - alluding to progress while clearly ineffectual. This repetitive gait that yields no purposeful product ridicules the pointlessness of modern life.

Presented at SOTA Art Gallery as part of Exhibition VIII (2017).