Three civil servants dressed in suits, along with some audience members, attached clips all over the artist’s body. These clips, originally used for fastening files and archives, represent how, in the face of the powerful machinery of the state, the individual loses her personhood, and the essence of existence is reduced to lifeless files, archives, and tools. The individual is controlled, bound, regulated, and restricted by the state. The state’s apparatus is even more violent, with these iron clips becoming metaphors for violence, control, punishment, and deprivation. Each clip is tied to a slender black thread, the other end of which is held by the audience. When someone commands the word "Pull," the audience pulls the black threads together, causing all the clips to instantly fly away from the body. At that moment, the body experiences intense tearing pain, but the artist is simultaneously freed.
