I will worry for you (from dusk till dawn)
Annabel Daou
Friday, April 3 - Saturday, April 4, 2020
6:00pm - 6:00am
In this new durational performance, I will worry for you (from dusk till dawn), Annabel Daou takes on other people’s worries for a brief period of time. From dusk until dawn, she will pace the hallway with a set of worry beads in her hands and someone else’s worries on her mind. With this new communal performance, Daou takes on our worries during the hours that matter the most.
The performance will take place in New York and will be livestreamed for the duration of 12 hours beginning at 6:00pm on Friday, April 3 (New York EST) / 12:00am on Saturday, April 4 (Berlin CET). I will worry for you (from dusk till dawn) will be simultaneously livestreamed on Instagram via @signssymbols and @galerietanjawagner so you can watch her walk for you at the designated time.
To participate, please e-mail a worry (or two if you like) to iwillworryforyou@gmail.com. Daou will then send you access to a timesheet so you can choose a specific time for her to worry for you. Please e-mail the worry as soon as you can and feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested. Participants will be sent a virtual work as a document of their participation.
annabel daou’s work takes place at the intersection of writing, speech, and nonverbal communication. Her paper-and-tape constructions, sound pieces, and performances explore the language of power and intimacy. Daou was born and raised in Beirut and lives in Brooklyn. She is currently a Pollock-Krasner resident at ISCP. Her book of fictional prose, The Autobiography of A, will be published in 2020. Daou is currently organizing The Lobby, a temporary public exhibition program. Daou’s work has been shown at The National Museum of Beirut; The Park Avenue Armory, New York; KW, Berlin; The Drawing Room, London; and The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Public collections include: Baltimore Museum of Art; The Menil Collection; The Brooklyn Museum of Art; The Vehbi Koç Foundation, Istanbul; and The Yale University Art Gallery.