Don’t Blink For 45 Seconds (After Kathy Dillon) is a 45 second performative video work addressing the thresholds and limitations of the body in relation to control. For a period of 45 seconds the subject peers into the camera trying not to blink. As time progresses fingers are used to prop open the eyes until they well with tearsand finally close. This work pays homage to the 1971 video by Vito Acconci entitled « Pryings », where Acconci and collaborator Kathy Dillon struggle for a period of 21 minutes: he trying to keep her eyes open, she trying to close them shut.