{"id":1682,"date":"2021-12-20T20:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T04:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/?page_id=1682"},"modified":"2022-01-02T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T22:00:58","slug":"self-made-parachute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/performance\/self-made-parachute\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Made Parachute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Self-Made-Parachute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Self-Made-Parachute.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Self-Made-Parachute.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Self-Made-Parachute-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Self-Made-Parachute-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Black nylon, thread, nylon string and rotating motor<br>2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-Made Parachute is a response to Paul Litherland&#8217;s video Force of Attraction (2003). Self-Made Parachute was commissioned by Blackwood Gallery for the exhibition Fall Out, curated by Christof Migone. Paul is not afraid of skydiving. His sense of confidence and humour is very clear despite the risks inherent in the situation Watching Paul\u2019s video Force of Attraction, I could not avoid thinking about what could have gone wrong. The Self-Made Parachute is a symbol of negative possibilities. It is a reminder of doubt, anxiety, contradiction, and fear in the face of risk. People asked, \u201cYou are not going to use it, are you?\u201d The idea of a do-it-yourself parachute is unpopular.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black nylon, thread, nylon string and rotating motor2009 Self-Made Parachute is a response to Paul Litherland&#8217;s video Force of Attraction (2003). Self-Made Parachute was commissioned by Blackwood Gallery for the exhibition Fall Out, curated by Christof Migone. Paul is not afraid of skydiving. His sense of confidence and humour is very clear despite the risks&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/performance\/self-made-parachute\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Self-Made Parachute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1542,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2127,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682\/revisions\/2127"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmk.ca\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}