Wishing Brand, Performance/Intervention, 20 minutes, Paris, France, 2019This work took place at the door of the famous Chanel shop in the centre of Paris. The shop at 31 rue Cambon, where Coco Chanel established her brand concept and reputation in the early 1920s, has become a fashion landmark for the city. We placed coins on the Chanel sign in a row outside the shop, one after the other, from different directions. Each time we placed a coin, we later made a wish. The first performance was stopped after 30 seconds by a male manager of the shop, while another female manager was delighted when she realised we were doing something artistic. The second performance lasted 20 minutes after we had used all the coins in our pockets and filled in all the spaces on the sign. All the coins were deliberately left on the sign when we left.
This is a collaborated work of Hijack打劫.