AMBER   HAWK   SWANSON
Dig A Hole You Can Stand In: One, 2010 Dig A Hole You Can Stand In (As Deep As You Can Dig in 45min): One, 2010 Dig A Hole You Can Stand In: Two, 2010 Dig A Hole You Can Stand In (As Deep As You Can Dig in 45min): Two, 2010
Fit
I am currently working on “Fit” a series of durational performative videos. "Fit" involves regularly digging chest-deep holes for time inspired by fitness methodology and cult-like online community, CrossFit. Along with my communities at CrossFit South Brooklyn, and Windy City CrossFit I enjoy combining powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting, sprinting, and gymnastics along with functional fitness activities. My interest in CrossFit, along with the long list of the functional fitness tasks my grandfather assigned my father beginning when he turned age eight, has led me to assigning myself the weekly digging of chest-deep holes for time. I have completed over a dozen holes in a variety of locations ranging from the beach (digging in wet sand) to abandoned city lots (digging in hard clay with concrete chunks). As my CrossFit training and hole-digging further improves my strength I will tackle other of the long list of functional fitness tasks that my grandfather assigned my father beginning at age eight. I am currently working toward fireman carry sprints. As a variation on the assignment I will conduct my sprints with queer women who identify as butch.
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