why not take all of me nyc?

Zefrey Throwel, what a character, most well known for making art, being ridiculous, and getting naked. But his flashy social practice is not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about his project Why Not Take All Of Me NYC?

While I prepare for my thesis year; writing my proposal, thinking about home, and art and what to make and do, I keep coming back to Why Not Take All Of Me NYC? Zefry's project consists of him living in 12 different sublets for 12 months, a different borough of New York each month. He states on his website,

"I believe that location does matter. Context influences content. Sometimes it outright dictates it, but at the very least it has a heavy hand in skewing the dice. So it stands to reason, that if one was willing to spin the wheel of where one lays their head, then consequently the ideas inside that head would spin as well. And hence, I begin this project."

I admire his willingness to put himself into the work, to experiment, and allow the physical act to stand for itself, as well his conceptual frame work, one that flexes the idea of home and one's comfort zone. Perhaps this year there is room for a "performative" element. Maybe it's time I include myself in the work, to physically DO something, and then call it art.